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Who gathers thistles, may expect pricks.
Who gathers thistles, may expect pricks.
Hee that hath a wife and children wants not businesse.
Hee that hath a wife and children wants not businesse.
It's a poore sport that's not worth the candle.
[It is a poor sport that is not worth the read more
It's a poore sport that's not worth the candle.
[It is a poor sport that is not worth the candle.]
Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Open rebuke is better than secret love.
Open rebuke is better than secret love.
Consider not what may do, but what it will become you to do.
Consider not what may do, but what it will become you to do.
More have repented speech then silence.
[More have repented speech than silence.]
More have repented speech then silence.
[More have repented speech than silence.]
Often a silent face has voice and words.
[Lat., Saepe tacens vocem verbaque vultus habet.]
Often a silent face has voice and words.
[Lat., Saepe tacens vocem verbaque vultus habet.]
Facts are stubborn things.
Facts are stubborn things.