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One man thinks one thing best, another another.
One man thinks one thing best, another another.
No rule is so general, which admits not some exception.
No rule is so general, which admits not some exception.
Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
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Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Of all the wonders that I yet have heard.
It seems to me most strange that men should fear,
Seeing that death, a necessary end,
Will come when it will come.
'Tis all in vain to keep a constant pother
About one vice and fall into another.
'Tis all in vain to keep a constant pother
About one vice and fall into another.
God gives his wrath by weight, and without weight his mercy.
God gives his wrath by weight, and without weight his mercy.
The eagle suffers little birds to sing,
And is not careful what they mean thereby,
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The eagle suffers little birds to sing,
And is not careful what they mean thereby,
Knowing that with the shadow of his wings
He can at pleasure stint their melody:
Even so mayest thou the giddy men of Rome.
The folly of one man is the fortune of another.
The folly of one man is the fortune of another.
The Germans wit is in his fingers.
The Germans wit is in his fingers.
