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The house should derive dignity from the master, not the master
from the house.
The house should derive dignity from the master, not the master
from the house.
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.
Many diseases may be cured by abstinence.
Many diseases may be cured by abstinence.
Are not these woods
More free from peril than the envious court?
Are not these woods
More free from peril than the envious court?
Bad beginnings, bad endings.
Bad beginnings, bad endings.
He that handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung.
He that handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung.
He who sounds his own trumpet will soon find plenty to laugh at
him.
He who sounds his own trumpet will soon find plenty to laugh at
him.
Those that God loves, do not live long.
Those that God loves, do not live long.
