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Make hay while the sun shines.
Make hay while the sun shines.
Punishment is lame, but it comes.
Punishment is lame, but it comes.
For murder though it have no tongue, will speak
With most miraculous organ.
For murder though it have no tongue, will speak
With most miraculous organ.
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.
O rare protector of the sheep, a wolf!
O rare protector of the sheep, a wolf!
Fortune favors the brave.
[Lat., Fortes fortuna adjuvat.]
Fortune favors the brave.
[Lat., Fortes fortuna adjuvat.]
Harp not on that string, madam; that is past.
Harp not on that string, madam; that is past.
Want of pluck shows want of blood.
Want of pluck shows want of blood.
