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Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance.
Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance.
As fierce as hell, or fiercer still,
A woman piqued who has her will.
As fierce as hell, or fiercer still,
A woman piqued who has her will.
You may be on land, yet not in a garden.
You may be on land, yet not in a garden.
It is best to know the worst at once.
It is best to know the worst at once.
Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest.
Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest.
Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world
Like a Colossus, and we petty men
Walk under read more
Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world
Like a Colossus, and we petty men
Walk under his huge legs and peep about
To find ourselves dishonorable graves.
Things which of themselves avail nothing, when united become
powerful.
Things which of themselves avail nothing, when united become
powerful.
The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.
The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.
In poison there is no physic.
In poison there is no physic.
