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When war is raging the laws are dumb.
When war is raging the laws are dumb.
Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety.
Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety.
He that hath love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides.
He that hath love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides.
Thou will scare be a man before thy mother.
Thou will scare be a man before thy mother.
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.
Now clothed like a Roman, now like a Greek. [An inconstant,
perfidious man.]
Now clothed like a Roman, now like a Greek. [An inconstant,
perfidious man.]
Time stoops to no man's lure.
Time stoops to no man's lure.
The more skilful the gambler, the worse the man.
The more skilful the gambler, the worse the man.