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He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.
He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.
When one is on horsebacke hee knowes all things.
When one is on horsebacke hee knowes all things.
Better to be blinde, then to see ill.
Better to be blinde, then to see ill.
The face, not the woman is the attraction.
The face, not the woman is the attraction.
She can change her
Mind like the wind: whatever she has said
Or done, is light to read more
She can change her
Mind like the wind: whatever she has said
Or done, is light to what she'll say or do.
Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.
Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.
A laugh, if purchased at the expense of propriety, costs too
much.
A laugh, if purchased at the expense of propriety, costs too
much.
I am not what I once was.
[Lat., Non sum qualis eram.]
I am not what I once was.
[Lat., Non sum qualis eram.]
Better do nothing than do ill.
Better do nothing than do ill.
