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A living dog is better than a dead lion.
A living dog is better than a dead lion.
A lady with her daughters or her nieces,
Shines like a guinea and seven shilling pieces.
A lady with her daughters or her nieces,
Shines like a guinea and seven shilling pieces.
Just then, as by the tumult riven,
Poured down at once the lowering heaven.
Just then, as by the tumult riven,
Poured down at once the lowering heaven.
'Tis strange, but true: for truth is always strange;
Stranger than fiction.
'Tis strange, but true: for truth is always strange;
Stranger than fiction.
Who dainties love shall beggars prove.
Who dainties love shall beggars prove.
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.
He quits his place well, that leaves his friend there.
He quits his place well, that leaves his friend there.
If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as getting.
If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as getting.
No mortal man is wise at all times.
No mortal man is wise at all times.
