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If the destructive dice-box has pleasures for the father, the son
will be a gambler.
If the destructive dice-box has pleasures for the father, the son
will be a gambler.
Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.
Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.
He is praised by some, blamed by others.
He is praised by some, blamed by others.
May everything he treads upon become a rose!
May everything he treads upon become a rose!
Favours out of place I regard as positive injuries.
Favours out of place I regard as positive injuries.
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may read more
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may fight again,
Which he can never do that's slain.
Deeper to wound she shuns the fight;
She drops her arms, to gain the field:
Secures her conquest by her flight:
And triumphs when she seems to yield.
Small habits, well pursued betimes,
May reach the dignity of crimes.
Small habits, well pursued betimes,
May reach the dignity of crimes.
If things look badly to-day they may look better tomorrow.
If things look badly to-day they may look better tomorrow.
