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The quarrels of lovers lead but to the renewal of love.
The quarrels of lovers lead but to the renewal of love.
Love all, trust a few,
Do wrong to none.
Love all, trust a few,
Do wrong to none.
Clean hands are better than full ones in the sight of God.
Clean hands are better than full ones in the sight of God.
How many cowards whose hearts are all as false
As stairs of sand, wear yet upon their chins
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How many cowards whose hearts are all as false
As stairs of sand, wear yet upon their chins
The beards of Hercules and frowning Mars,
Who inward searched, have livers white as milk!
Amiens was taken by the Fox, and retaken by the Lion.
Amiens was taken by the Fox, and retaken by the Lion.
Weariness
Can snore upon the flint when resty sloth
Finds the down pillow hard.
Weariness
Can snore upon the flint when resty sloth
Finds the down pillow hard.
A mouse relies not solely on one hole.
A mouse relies not solely on one hole.
He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
[Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]
He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
[Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]
When your armour is on, it is too late to retreat.
When your armour is on, it is too late to retreat.
