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Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so,
execute with vigour.
Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so,
execute with vigour.
Young in limbs, in judgment old.
Young in limbs, in judgment old.
With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith.
He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith.
You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.
He who has once made himself notorious as utterly unprincipled,
is not credited even when he speaks the truth.
He who has once made himself notorious as utterly unprincipled,
is not credited even when he speaks the truth.
Some men plant an opinion they seem to erradicate.
Some men plant an opinion they seem to erradicate.
He confesses his guilt who flies from his trial.
He confesses his guilt who flies from his trial.
Hastiness is the beginning of wrath, and its end repentance.
Hastiness is the beginning of wrath, and its end repentance.
