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No rule is so general, which admits not some exception.
No rule is so general, which admits not some exception.
He who will not grant a favour has no right to ask one.
He who will not grant a favour has no right to ask one.
Haste is productive of injury, and so is too much hesitation. He
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Haste is productive of injury, and so is too much hesitation. He
is the wisest man who does everything at the proper time.
No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
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No check, no stay this streamlet fears:
How merrily it goes!
'Twill murmur on a thousand years,
And flow as now it flows.
Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall.
Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall.
He that hath time and looks for better time, time comes that he
repents himself of time.
He that hath time and looks for better time, time comes that he
repents himself of time.
What stronger breast-plate than a heart untainted.
What stronger breast-plate than a heart untainted.
The rose is often found near the nettle.
The rose is often found near the nettle.