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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.
Hee that makes himself a sheep, shall be eat by the wolfe.
Hee that makes himself a sheep, shall be eat by the wolfe.
It is better to have wings then hornes.
It is better to have wings then hornes.
Bear in mind that you commit a crime by injuring even a wicked
brother.
Bear in mind that you commit a crime by injuring even a wicked
brother.
Whether you boyle snow or pound it, you can have but water of it.
Whether you boyle snow or pound it, you can have but water of it.
Hold their nose to the grindstone.
Hold their nose to the grindstone.
Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.
Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.
The soft speeches of the wicked are full of deceit.
The soft speeches of the wicked are full of deceit.
Neither bribe nor loose thy right.
Neither bribe nor loose thy right.