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Strike the iron whilst it is hot.
Strike the iron whilst it is hot.
He that lives most dies most.
He that lives most dies most.
It is hard to abstain from writing satire.
It is hard to abstain from writing satire.
A great ship askes deepe waters.
[A great ship asks deep waters.]
A great ship askes deepe waters.
[A great ship asks deep waters.]
The mind that broods o'er guilty woes
Is like a scorpion girt by fire.
The mind that broods o'er guilty woes
Is like a scorpion girt by fire.
To dismiss a guest is a more ungracious act than not to admit him
at all.
To dismiss a guest is a more ungracious act than not to admit him
at all.
Had you the world on your Chesse-bord, you could not fill all to
your mind.
Had you the world on your Chesse-bord, you could not fill all to
your mind.
That which never has been, never is, and never will be.
That which never has been, never is, and never will be.
