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What is harder than stone?
What more soft than water?
Nevertheless hard though the rock be, it read more
What is harder than stone?
What more soft than water?
Nevertheless hard though the rock be, it is hollowed by the wave.
The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on,
And doves will peck in safeguard of their brood.
The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on,
And doves will peck in safeguard of their brood.
I am myself a man, and nothing relating to men is a matter of
indifference to me.
I am myself a man, and nothing relating to men is a matter of
indifference to me.
To meditate an injury is to commit one.
To meditate an injury is to commit one.
Let me skim the water with one oar, and with the other touch
sand. [Go not out of your read more
Let me skim the water with one oar, and with the other touch
sand. [Go not out of your depth.]
How use doth breed a habit in a man!
How use doth breed a habit in a man!
A man well mounted is ever Cholerick.
A man well mounted is ever Cholerick.
By flying, men often rush into the midst of calamities.
By flying, men often rush into the midst of calamities.
Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome.
Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome.
