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The Lyon is not so fierce as they paint him.
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The Lyon is not so fierce as they paint him.
[The lion is not so fierce as they paint him.]
How poor are they that have not patience!
What wound did ever heal but by degrees?
How poor are they that have not patience!
What wound did ever heal but by degrees?
Your knowing a thing is nothing, unless another knows you know
it.
Your knowing a thing is nothing, unless another knows you know
it.
Our fears vanish as the danger approaches.
Our fears vanish as the danger approaches.
Good things soon find a purchaser.
Good things soon find a purchaser.
Unless the vessel be pure, everything which is poured into it
will turn sour.
Unless the vessel be pure, everything which is poured into it
will turn sour.
One who sets off to the best advantage his every act and speech.
One who sets off to the best advantage his every act and speech.
