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Worship and birth to me are known
By look, by bearing, and by tone,
Not by furred read more
Worship and birth to me are known
By look, by bearing, and by tone,
Not by furred robe, or broidered zone.
Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.
Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.
Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Of all read more
Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Of all the wonders that I yet have heard.
It seems to me most strange that men should fear,
Seeing that death, a necessary end,
Will come when it will come.
As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which
is without discretion.
As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which
is without discretion.
Now to drink and trip it on the light fantastic toe.
Now to drink and trip it on the light fantastic toe.
To review ones store is to mow twice.
To review ones store is to mow twice.
What the law will compel you to do, do of your own free will.
What the law will compel you to do, do of your own free will.
Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall.
Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall.
Were there no hearers, there would be no backbiters.
Were there no hearers, there would be no backbiters.
