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When you have set yourself a task finish it.
When you have set yourself a task finish it.
What is not in a man cannot come out of him surely.
What is not in a man cannot come out of him surely.
In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is King.
In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is King.
He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
And what love can do, that does love attempt.
And what love can do, that does love attempt.
Tender-handed stroke a nettle,
And it stings you for your pains;
Grasp it like a man of read more
Tender-handed stroke a nettle,
And it stings you for your pains;
Grasp it like a man of mettle,
And it soft as silk remains.
'Tis the same with common natures,
Use 'em kindly, they rebel;
But, be rough as nutmeg-graters,
And the rogues obey you well.
The thread breakes, where it is weakest.
The thread breakes, where it is weakest.