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One stroke fells not an oke.
One stroke fells not an oke.
A word spoken in due season, how good is it!
A word spoken in due season, how good is it!
Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done,
Shoulder'd his crutch, and show'd how fields were won.
Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done,
Shoulder'd his crutch, and show'd how fields were won.
When we our betters see bearing our woes,
We scarcely think our miseries our foes.
When we our betters see bearing our woes,
We scarcely think our miseries our foes.
The coveteous spends more then the liberall.
The coveteous spends more then the liberall.
I have cut my leg with my own adze.
I have cut my leg with my own adze.
He who repents of his fault is almost guiltless.
He who repents of his fault is almost guiltless.
Be not arrogant when fortune smiles, or dejected when she frowns.
Be not arrogant when fortune smiles, or dejected when she frowns.
