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Whether the pitcher hits the stone or the stone hits the pitcher,
it goes ill with the pitcher.
Whether the pitcher hits the stone or the stone hits the pitcher,
it goes ill with the pitcher.
Anothers bread costs deare.
Anothers bread costs deare.
He that hath time and looks for better time, time comes that he
repents himself of time.
He that hath time and looks for better time, time comes that he
repents himself of time.
Old soldiers never die;
They fade away!
Old soldiers never die;
They fade away!
The house should derive dignity from the master, not the master
from the house.
The house should derive dignity from the master, not the master
from the house.
They succeed, because they think they can.
They succeed, because they think they can.
For man is man, and master of his fate.
For man is man, and master of his fate.
Nought so vile, that on the earth doth live,
But to the earth some special good cloth give.
Nought so vile, that on the earth doth live,
But to the earth some special good cloth give.
I have raised for myself a monument more durable than brass.
I have raised for myself a monument more durable than brass.