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That in the captain's but a choleric word,
Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy.
That in the captain's but a choleric word,
Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy.
An undertaking beset with danger.
An undertaking beset with danger.
The tempest threatens before it comes; houses creak before they
fall.
The tempest threatens before it comes; houses creak before they
fall.
We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.
We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.
There would bee no great ones if there were no little ones.
There would bee no great ones if there were no little ones.
No injury can be complained of by a consenting party.
No injury can be complained of by a consenting party.
Oh, sweet youth, how soon it fades!
Sweet joys of youth, how fleeting!
Oh, sweet youth, how soon it fades!
Sweet joys of youth, how fleeting!
Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves.
[Lat., Saepe intereunt aliis meditantes necem.]
Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves.
[Lat., Saepe intereunt aliis meditantes necem.]
You stick in the same mire.
You stick in the same mire.
