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He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may read more
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may fight again,
Which he can never do that's slain.
Deeper to wound she shuns the fight;
She drops her arms, to gain the field:
Secures her conquest by her flight:
And triumphs when she seems to yield.
There needs a long time to know the worlds pulse.
There needs a long time to know the worlds pulse.
To review ones store is to mow twice.
To review ones store is to mow twice.
He that hath hornes in his bosom, let him not put them on his
head.
He that hath hornes in his bosom, let him not put them on his
head.
Nothing moves more quickly than scandal.
Nothing moves more quickly than scandal.
There are four kinds of people, three of which are to be avoided
and the fourth cultivated: those who read more
There are four kinds of people, three of which are to be avoided
and the fourth cultivated: those who don't know that they don't
know; those who know that they don't know; those who don't know
that they know; and those who know that they know.
One heat another heat expels.
One heat another heat expels.
Sinnes are not knowne till they bee acted.
Sinnes are not knowne till they bee acted.
Who could tell such a story with dry eyes?
Who could tell such a story with dry eyes?
