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Be stirring as the time, be fire with fire;
Threaten the threat'ner, and outface the brow
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Be stirring as the time, be fire with fire;
Threaten the threat'ner, and outface the brow
Of bragging horror.
No rule is so general, which admits not some exception.
No rule is so general, which admits not some exception.
Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety.
Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety.
No one can keep a mask on long.
No one can keep a mask on long.
Pension never inriched young man.
Pension never inriched young man.
Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues
We write in water.
Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues
We write in water.
Assaile who will, the valiant attends.
Assaile who will, the valiant attends.
The cask will long retain the flavour of the wine with which it
was first seasoned.
The cask will long retain the flavour of the wine with which it
was first seasoned.
If you could runne, as you drinke, you might catch a hare.
If you could runne, as you drinke, you might catch a hare.
