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In a retreat the lame are formost.
In a retreat the lame are formost.
None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most
delighted.
None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most
delighted.
He that is once borne, once must dy.
He that is once borne, once must dy.
He who is first in time has the prior right.
He who is first in time has the prior right.
The point is plain as a pike staff.
The point is plain as a pike staff.
Fill the cup and fill the can,
Have a rouse before the morn;
Every minute dies a read more
Fill the cup and fill the can,
Have a rouse before the morn;
Every minute dies a man,
Every minute one is born.
Hold on, and wait for the grasshoppers. [Wait for better times.]
Hold on, and wait for the grasshoppers. [Wait for better times.]
Though the Mastiffe be gentile, yet bite him not by the lippe.
Though the Mastiffe be gentile, yet bite him not by the lippe.
