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In strife who inquires whether stratagem or courage was used?
In strife who inquires whether stratagem or courage was used?
No man is a hero to his valet.
[Fr., Il n'y a pas de grand homme pour son valet-de-chambre.]
No man is a hero to his valet.
[Fr., Il n'y a pas de grand homme pour son valet-de-chambre.]
The guilty are alarmed and turn pale at the slightest thunder.
The guilty are alarmed and turn pale at the slightest thunder.
There are games in which it is better to lose than win.
There are games in which it is better to lose than win.
But, Clifford, tell me, didst thou never hear,
That things ill got had ever bad success?
But, Clifford, tell me, didst thou never hear,
That things ill got had ever bad success?
Enough is as good as a feast.
Enough is as good as a feast.
Confusion's cure lives not
In these confusions.
Confusion's cure lives not
In these confusions.
Wealth increaseth, but a nameless something is ever wanting to
our insufficient fortune.
Wealth increaseth, but a nameless something is ever wanting to
our insufficient fortune.
Hee that lies with the dogs, riseth with fleas.
Hee that lies with the dogs, riseth with fleas.