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Straining breaks the bow, and relaxation relieves the mind.
[Lat., Arcum intensio frangit, animum remissio.]
Straining breaks the bow, and relaxation relieves the mind.
[Lat., Arcum intensio frangit, animum remissio.]
The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification
being deferred.
The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification
being deferred.
A brute without a single redeeming point.
A brute without a single redeeming point.
Always keep your hook in the water: where you least expect one,
the fish will be found.
Always keep your hook in the water: where you least expect one,
the fish will be found.
Stay a while, that we may make an end the sooner.
Stay a while, that we may make an end the sooner.
If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.
If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.
He lives unsafely, that lookes too neere on things.
He lives unsafely, that lookes too neere on things.
