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Enough is as good as a feast.
Enough is as good as a feast.
They that are booted are not alwaies ready.
They that are booted are not alwaies ready.
No money, no Swiss.
[Fr., Point d'argent, point de Suisse.]
No money, no Swiss.
[Fr., Point d'argent, point de Suisse.]
To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free,
These are imperial arts.
To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free,
These are imperial arts.
A good prayer is master of anothers purse.
A good prayer is master of anothers purse.
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 fault of the horse is put on the saddle.
The fault of the horse is put on the saddle.
Nothing is impossible to industry.
Nothing is impossible to industry.
