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The weakest goes to the wall.
The weakest goes to the wall.
Employ thy time well if thou meanest to get leisure.
Employ thy time well if thou meanest to get leisure.
Experience teaches.
[Lat., Experientia docet.]
Experience teaches.
[Lat., Experientia docet.]
Never morning wore
To evening, but some heart did break.
Never morning wore
To evening, but some heart did break.
To speake of an Vsurer at the table marres the wine.
To speake of an Vsurer at the table marres the wine.
A fool's wild speech confounds the wise.
A fool's wild speech confounds the wise.
The Law is not the same at morning and at night.
The Law is not the same at morning and at night.
A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.
A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.
Even speed, when we are anxious, seems like delay.
Even speed, when we are anxious, seems like delay.