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He that hath lost his credit is dead to the world.
He that hath lost his credit is dead to the world.
In strife who inquires whether stratagem or courage was used?
In strife who inquires whether stratagem or courage was used?
There are games in which it is better to lose than win.
There are games in which it is better to lose than win.
'Tis very certain the desire of life
Prolongs it.
'Tis very certain the desire of life
Prolongs it.
He that thinks amiss, concludes worse.
He that thinks amiss, concludes worse.
Win us with honest trifles, to betray us
In deepest consequence.
Win us with honest trifles, to betray us
In deepest consequence.
The worst of law is, that one suit breedes twenty.
The worst of law is, that one suit breedes twenty.
Not treasured wealth, nor the consul's lictor, can dispel the
mind's bitter conflicts and the cares that flit, like read more
Not treasured wealth, nor the consul's lictor, can dispel the
mind's bitter conflicts and the cares that flit, like bats, about
your fretted roofs.
By the needle you shall draw the thread, and by that which is
past, see how that which is read more
By the needle you shall draw the thread, and by that which is
past, see how that which is to come will be drawne on.