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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.]
Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance.
Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance.
Every inordinate cup is unblessed, and the ingredient is a devil.
Every inordinate cup is unblessed, and the ingredient is a devil.
There's not a string attuned to mirth,
But has its chord in melancholy.
There's not a string attuned to mirth,
But has its chord in melancholy.
A wise man cares not for what he cannot have.
A wise man cares not for what he cannot have.
He has carried every point, who has combined that which is useful
with that which is agreeable.
He has carried every point, who has combined that which is useful
with that which is agreeable.
It's good walking with a horse in ones hand.
It's good walking with a horse in ones hand.
To him that will, waies are not wanting.
To him that will, waies are not wanting.
Long is the road to learning by precepts, but short and
successful by examples.
Long is the road to learning by precepts, but short and
successful by examples.
