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He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may read more
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may fight again,
Which he can never do that's slain.
Deeper to wound she shuns the fight;
She drops her arms, to gain the field:
Secures her conquest by her flight:
And triumphs when she seems to yield.
The guilty are alarmed and turn pale at the slightest thunder.
The guilty are alarmed and turn pale at the slightest thunder.
Our neighbour's crop is always more fruitful and his cattle
produce more milk than our own.
Our neighbour's crop is always more fruitful and his cattle
produce more milk than our own.
Make it a point not to be over-fascinating.
Make it a point not to be over-fascinating.
Hee that is in a Taverne thinkes he is in a vine-garden.
Hee that is in a Taverne thinkes he is in a vine-garden.
Autumnall Agues are long, or mortall.
Autumnall Agues are long, or mortall.
Every ill man hath his ill day.
Every ill man hath his ill day.
To a crazy ship all winds are contrary.
To a crazy ship all winds are contrary.
Better times perhaps await us who are now wretched.
Better times perhaps await us who are now wretched.
