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Take heed of a step-mother; the very name of her sufficeth.
Take heed of a step-mother; the very name of her sufficeth.
Live according to your income.
Live according to your income.
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.
He who has wronged you is either stronger or weaker than
yourself: be he weaker, spare him; be he read more
He who has wronged you is either stronger or weaker than
yourself: be he weaker, spare him; be he stronger, then spare
yourself.
By many indignities we come to dignities.
By many indignities we come to dignities.
Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome.
Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome.
Though this may be play to you,
'Tis death to us.
Though this may be play to you,
'Tis death to us.
A fair day in winter is the mother of a storme.
A fair day in winter is the mother of a storme.
There is no proverb which is not true.
[Sp., No hay refran que no sea verdadero.]
There is no proverb which is not true.
[Sp., No hay refran que no sea verdadero.]