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Breed up a crow and he'll pick out your eyes.
Breed up a crow and he'll pick out your eyes.
Nothing is so secure as that money will not defeat it.
Nothing is so secure as that money will not defeat it.
Water, fire, and souldiers, quickly make roome.
Water, fire, and souldiers, quickly make roome.
To err is human, but to persevere in error is only the act of a
fool.
[Lat., Cujusvis read more
To err is human, but to persevere in error is only the act of a
fool.
[Lat., Cujusvis hominis est errare, nullius nisi insipientis in
errore perseverare.]
Though I am not naturally honest, I am so sometimes by chance.
Though I am not naturally honest, I am so sometimes by chance.
Who that has reason, and his smell,
Would not among roses and jasmin dwell?
Who that has reason, and his smell,
Would not among roses and jasmin dwell?
It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.
It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old time is still a-flying;
And this same flower that smiles read more
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old time is still a-flying;
And this same flower that smiles to-day,
To-morrow may be dying.
A far greater warfare lies hidden under this assumed peace.
A far greater warfare lies hidden under this assumed peace.
