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A woman sometimes scorns what best contents her.
A woman sometimes scorns what best contents her.
The battle is over when the foe has fallen.
The battle is over when the foe has fallen.
What a man does by the agency of another is his own act.
What a man does by the agency of another is his own act.
Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale.
Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale.
Timid dogs more eagerly bark than bite.
Timid dogs more eagerly bark than bite.
One swallow does not make spring.
One swallow does not make spring.
The War is not don so long as my Enemy lives.
The War is not don so long as my Enemy lives.
Nor am I ashamed, as some are, to confess my ignorance of those
matters with which I am unacquainted.
Nor am I ashamed, as some are, to confess my ignorance of those
matters with which I am unacquainted.
The best smell is bread, the best savour, salt, the best love
that of children.
The best smell is bread, the best savour, salt, the best love
that of children.
