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Wood halfe burnt is easily kindled.
Wood halfe burnt is easily kindled.
He makes a great row but does nothing.
He makes a great row but does nothing.
He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
Begging a courtesy is selling liberty.
Begging a courtesy is selling liberty.
When great assurance accompanies a bad undertaking, such is often
mistaken for confiding sincerity by the world at large.
When great assurance accompanies a bad undertaking, such is often
mistaken for confiding sincerity by the world at large.
Virtue lies half way between two opposite vices.
Virtue lies half way between two opposite vices.
A woman's general. What should we fear?
A woman's general. What should we fear?
Let all live as they would die.
Let all live as they would die.
Her prentice han' she tried on man,
And then she made the lasses O!
Her prentice han' she tried on man,
And then she made the lasses O!
