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Long is the road to learning by precepts, but short and
successful by examples.
Long is the road to learning by precepts, but short and
successful by examples.
Some things are good, some middling, more bad.
Some things are good, some middling, more bad.
Those, who in quarrels interpose,
Must often wipe a bloody nose.
Those, who in quarrels interpose,
Must often wipe a bloody nose.
The gentle Hawke halfe mans her selfe.
The gentle Hawke halfe mans her selfe.
Not to create confusion in what is clear, but to throw light on
what is obscure.
Not to create confusion in what is clear, but to throw light on
what is obscure.
The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried,
Grapple them to thy soul with hooks of steel.
The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried,
Grapple them to thy soul with hooks of steel.
Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
Men's language is as their lives.
Men's language is as their lives.
