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Beware
Of entrance to a quarrel.
Beware
Of entrance to a quarrel.
She was one of those who by fortune's boon
Are born, as they say, with a silver spoon
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She was one of those who by fortune's boon
Are born, as they say, with a silver spoon
In her mouth, not a wooden ladle.
He cannot be vertuous that is not rigorous.
He cannot be vertuous that is not rigorous.
Of joys departed
Not to return, how painful the remembrance.
Of joys departed
Not to return, how painful the remembrance.
He that passeth a winters day escapes an enemy.
He that passeth a winters day escapes an enemy.
He that endures is not overcome.
He that endures is not overcome.
Cities seldome change Religion only.
Cities seldome change Religion only.
Some falls the means are happier to rise.
Some falls the means are happier to rise.
I have cut my leg with my own adze.
I have cut my leg with my own adze.
