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The naming of one man amounts to the exclusion of another.
The naming of one man amounts to the exclusion of another.
Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye.
Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye.
Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works.
Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works.
Straining breaks the bow, and relaxation relieves the mind.
[Lat., Arcum intensio frangit, animum remissio.]
Straining breaks the bow, and relaxation relieves the mind.
[Lat., Arcum intensio frangit, animum remissio.]
The best of the sport is to doe the deede, and say nothing.
The best of the sport is to doe the deede, and say nothing.
Although you may strut about, proud of your purse, fortune
changes not birth.
Although you may strut about, proud of your purse, fortune
changes not birth.
To climb steep hills
Requires slow pace at first.
To climb steep hills
Requires slow pace at first.
It will please though ten times repeated.
It will please though ten times repeated.
While I am speaking the opportunity is lost.
While I am speaking the opportunity is lost.
