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To climb steep hills
Requires slow pace at first.
To climb steep hills
Requires slow pace at first.
I'll put a spoke among your wheels.
I'll put a spoke among your wheels.
Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale.
Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale.
No tye can oblige the perfidious.
[No tie can oblige the perfidious.]
No tye can oblige the perfidious.
[No tie can oblige the perfidious.]
The more honesty a man has the less he affects the air of a
saint.
The more honesty a man has the less he affects the air of a
saint.
Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.
Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.
Not surpassing in crafty measures, but in the power of arms.
Not surpassing in crafty measures, but in the power of arms.
Try your skill in gilt first, and then in gold.
Try your skill in gilt first, and then in gold.
Hee commands enough that obeyes a wise man.
Hee commands enough that obeyes a wise man.