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Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Whom has not the inspiring bowl made eloquent?
[Lat., Foecundi calices quem non fecere disertum.]
Whom has not the inspiring bowl made eloquent?
[Lat., Foecundi calices quem non fecere disertum.]
The healthfull man can give counsell to the sick.
The healthfull man can give counsell to the sick.
The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy
pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the read more
The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy
pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the position of others,
dissatisfied with our own.]
In doing nothing men learn to do evil.
In doing nothing men learn to do evil.
One ungrateful man injures all who need assistance.
One ungrateful man injures all who need assistance.
There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
