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Little journeys and good cost bring safe home.
Little journeys and good cost bring safe home.
Our rash faults
Make trivial price of serious thing we have,
Not knowing them until we know read more
Our rash faults
Make trivial price of serious thing we have,
Not knowing them until we know their grave.
Let him play the second fiddle who can't play the first.
Let him play the second fiddle who can't play the first.
Tender-handed stroke a nettle,
And it stings you for your pains;
Grasp it like a man of read more
Tender-handed stroke a nettle,
And it stings you for your pains;
Grasp it like a man of mettle,
And it soft as silk remains.
'Tis the same with common natures,
Use 'em kindly, they rebel;
But, be rough as nutmeg-graters,
And the rogues obey you well.
If you are only an underling, don't dress too fine.
If you are only an underling, don't dress too fine.
A smiling face is half the meal.
A smiling face is half the meal.
It is the fault of youth that it cannot restrain its own
impetuosity.
It is the fault of youth that it cannot restrain its own
impetuosity.
It's an ill aire where wee gaine nothing.
It's an ill aire where wee gaine nothing.
A light breath fans the flame, a violent gust extinguishes it.
A light breath fans the flame, a violent gust extinguishes it.
