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He that is not in the warres is not out of danger.
He that is not in the warres is not out of danger.
Tears ready to do duty at a minute's notice.
Tears ready to do duty at a minute's notice.
As fierce as hell, or fiercer still,
A woman piqued who has her will.
As fierce as hell, or fiercer still,
A woman piqued who has her will.
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he read more
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he esteems your merit,
Is such a friend, that one had need
Be very much his friend indeed
To pardon or to bear it.
By that sin fell the angels.
By that sin fell the angels.
He who has wronged you is either stronger or weaker than
yourself: be he weaker, spare him; be he read more
He who has wronged you is either stronger or weaker than
yourself: be he weaker, spare him; be he stronger, then spare
yourself.
A fault is fostered by concealment.
A fault is fostered by concealment.
With emptie hands men may no haukes lure.
With emptie hands men may no haukes lure.
He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he
lacks opportunity.
He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he
lacks opportunity.
