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Be stirring as the time, be fire with fire;
Threaten the threat'ner, and outface the brow
Of read more
Be stirring as the time, be fire with fire;
Threaten the threat'ner, and outface the brow
Of bragging horror.
A loss, of which we are ignorant, is no loss.
A loss, of which we are ignorant, is no loss.
The man that heweth over high,
Some chip falleth in his eye.
The man that heweth over high,
Some chip falleth in his eye.
The mother endures with greater courage the loss of one out many
children, than she who, in her tears, read more
The mother endures with greater courage the loss of one out many
children, than she who, in her tears, exclaims, "Thou wast my
only one!"
Bad beginnings, bad endings.
Bad beginnings, bad endings.
Whether shall the Oxe goe, where he shall not labour?
Whether shall the Oxe goe, where he shall not labour?
Either wealth is much increased, or moderation is much decayed.
Either wealth is much increased, or moderation is much decayed.
She stands on tiptoe to be kissed.
She stands on tiptoe to be kissed.
Living well is the best revenge.
Living well is the best revenge.
