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Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Of all read more
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.
One man excels in eloquence, another in arms.
One man excels in eloquence, another in arms.
Women laugh when they can, and weepe when they will.
Women laugh when they can, and weepe when they will.
The miserable have no other medicine,
But only hope:
I have hope to live, and am prepared read more
The miserable have no other medicine,
But only hope:
I have hope to live, and am prepared to die.
To gaine teacheth how to spend.
To gaine teacheth how to spend.
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whoever is
deceived thereby is not wise.
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whoever is
deceived thereby is not wise.
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labour and to wait.
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labour and to wait.
Little journeys and good cost bring safe home.
Little journeys and good cost bring safe home.
