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Even play has ended in fierce strife and anger.
Even play has ended in fierce strife and anger.
Charity begins at home.
[Lat., Proximus sum egomet mihi.]
Charity begins at home.
[Lat., Proximus sum egomet mihi.]
Success brings many to ruin.
Success brings many to ruin.
Where there is no honour, there is no griefe.
Where there is no honour, there is no griefe.
No man will revel long in the indulgence of crime.
No man will revel long in the indulgence of crime.
When the lightning strikes but one, not one only does it terrify.
When the lightning strikes but one, not one only does it terrify.
The thread breakes, where it is weakest.
The thread breakes, where it is weakest.
O doul on the day that gae me an old man.
O doul on the day that gae me an old man.
Like St. George, always in his saddle, never on his way.
- Clement Walker,
Like St. George, always in his saddle, never on his way.
- Clement Walker,
