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A fool's bolt is soon shot.
A fool's bolt is soon shot.
He that passeth a winters day escapes an enemy.
He that passeth a winters day escapes an enemy.
A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad,
will work out his ruin.
A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad,
will work out his ruin.
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may read more
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may fight again,
Which he can never do that's slain.
Deeper to wound she shuns the fight;
She drops her arms, to gain the field:
Secures her conquest by her flight:
And triumphs when she seems to yield.
When the tree is fallen, all goe with their hatchet.
When the tree is fallen, all goe with their hatchet.
By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded.
By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded.
If Jack's in love, he's no judge of Jill's beauty.
If Jack's in love, he's no judge of Jill's beauty.
There is no law more just, than that he, who plots death, should
perish by his own craft.
There is no law more just, than that he, who plots death, should
perish by his own craft.
Divine grace was never slow.
Divine grace was never slow.
