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Apollo does not always bend his bow.
Apollo does not always bend his bow.
A wise man needes not blush for changing his purpose.
A wise man needes not blush for changing his purpose.
Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.
Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.
Work while your strength and years permit you; crooked age will
by-and-by come upon you with silent foot.
Work while your strength and years permit you; crooked age will
by-and-by come upon you with silent foot.
We plough the sand on the sea shore.
We plough the sand on the sea shore.
Hee that eats the hard shall eate the ripe.
Hee that eats the hard shall eate the ripe.
A snow yeare, a rich yeare.
A snow yeare, a rich yeare.
A friend should bear a friend's infirmities,
But Brutus makes mine greater than they are.
A friend should bear a friend's infirmities,
But Brutus makes mine greater than they are.
Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand
judgment.
Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand
judgment.