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Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth
the law, happy is he.
Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth
the law, happy is he.
I shall speak facts; but some will say I deal in fiction.
I shall speak facts; but some will say I deal in fiction.
A City that parlies is half gotten.
A City that parlies is half gotten.
O let not women's weapons, water-drops,
Stain my man's cheeks!
O let not women's weapons, water-drops,
Stain my man's cheeks!
He sins not, who is not wilfully a sinner.
He sins not, who is not wilfully a sinner.
Roses grow on thorns and honey wears a sting.
Roses grow on thorns and honey wears a sting.
Speake not of my debts, unlesse you meane to pay them.
Speake not of my debts, unlesse you meane to pay them.
He has carried every point, who has combined that which is useful
with that which is agreeable.
He has carried every point, who has combined that which is useful
with that which is agreeable.
He who gets the better of an irascible temperament conquers his
worst enemy.
He who gets the better of an irascible temperament conquers his
worst enemy.
