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Trivial losses often prove great gains.
Trivial losses often prove great gains.
He who is most on his guard is often himself taken in.
He who is most on his guard is often himself taken in.
To deceive ones selfe is very easie.
To deceive ones selfe is very easie.
There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four
which I know not:
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There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four
which I know not:
The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock;
the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man
with a maid.
Just when you think you've finally hit bottom, someone tosses you
a shovel.
Just when you think you've finally hit bottom, someone tosses you
a shovel.
Hug the shore; let others try the deep.
Hug the shore; let others try the deep.
Chuse none for thy servant who have served thy betters.
Chuse none for thy servant who have served thy betters.
Who hath none to still him, may weepe out his eyes.
Who hath none to still him, may weepe out his eyes.
The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable.
[Lat., Calamitosus est animus futuri anxius.]
The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable.
[Lat., Calamitosus est animus futuri anxius.]
