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There are games in which it is better to lose than win.
There are games in which it is better to lose than win.
With men all is impossible; but with God all things are possible.
With men all is impossible; but with God all things are possible.
Thinking to bite something soft, he found it hard. [Catching a
Tartar]
Thinking to bite something soft, he found it hard. [Catching a
Tartar]
Sharp is the kiss of the falcon's beak.
Sharp is the kiss of the falcon's beak.
For well-dowered wife, credit, friends, birth and beauty,
all-powerful money gives them all.
For well-dowered wife, credit, friends, birth and beauty,
all-powerful money gives them all.
Ask but enough, and you may lower the price as you list.
Ask but enough, and you may lower the price as you list.
The hope of escaping with impunity is the greatest incentive to
vice.
The hope of escaping with impunity is the greatest incentive to
vice.
He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter,
or as a fool to the correction read more
He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter,
or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the
snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
