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Those, who in quarrels interpose,
Must often wipe a bloody nose.
Those, who in quarrels interpose,
Must often wipe a bloody nose.
One stroke fells not an oke.
One stroke fells not an oke.
If any man shall have ears to hear, let him hear.
If any man shall have ears to hear, let him hear.
It is difficult to whistle and drink at the same time.
It is difficult to whistle and drink at the same time.
The fish which has once felt the hook, suspects the crooked metal
in every food which offers.
The fish which has once felt the hook, suspects the crooked metal
in every food which offers.
A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.
A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.
Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works.
Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works.
A people without history is like the wind on the buffalo grass.
A people without history is like the wind on the buffalo grass.
O, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!
O, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!