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The more violent the storm the sooner it is over.
The more violent the storm the sooner it is over.
 The sweat of industry would dry and die,
 But for the end it works to.  
 The sweat of industry would dry and die,
 But for the end it works to. 
The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.
The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.
 Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves.
 [Lat., Saepe intereunt aliis meditantes necem.]  
 Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves.
 [Lat., Saepe intereunt aliis meditantes necem.] 
Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
The higher the Ape goes, the more he shewes his taile.
The higher the Ape goes, the more he shewes his taile.
 Cowards die many times before their deaths;
 The valiant never taste of death but once.
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 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. 
Hee stands not surely, that never slips.
Hee stands not surely, that never slips.
 Unless the vessel be pure, everything which is poured into it 
will turn sour.  
 Unless the vessel be pure, everything which is poured into it 
will turn sour.