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Hee that would bee well old, must bee old betimes.
Hee that would bee well old, must bee old betimes.
The Lyon is not so fierce as they paint him.
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The Lyon is not so fierce as they paint him.
[The lion is not so fierce as they paint him.]
When you have set yourself a task finish it.
When you have set yourself a task finish it.
Out of breath to no possible purpose; in attempting everything,
doing nothing.
Out of breath to no possible purpose; in attempting everything,
doing nothing.
The chiefe disease that raignes this yeare is folly.
The chiefe disease that raignes this yeare is folly.
Be not ashamed to have had wild days, but not to have sown your
wild oats.
Be not ashamed to have had wild days, but not to have sown your
wild oats.
Paines to get, care to keep, feare to lose.
Paines to get, care to keep, feare to lose.
Not to create confusion in what is clear, but to throw light on
what is obscure.
Not to create confusion in what is clear, but to throw light on
what is obscure.
This is no time for staring about.
This is no time for staring about.
