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Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.
Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.
Even the good Homer is sometimes caught napping.
Even the good Homer is sometimes caught napping.
Threatned men eat bread, says the Spaniard.
Threatned men eat bread, says the Spaniard.
Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.
Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.
To a crazy ship all winds are contrary.
To a crazy ship all winds are contrary.
He that handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung.
He that handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung.
A countenance inconceivably forbidding.
A countenance inconceivably forbidding.
He gives twice who gives quickly.
[Lat., Bis dat qui cito dat.]
- credited to Publius read more
He gives twice who gives quickly.
[Lat., Bis dat qui cito dat.]
- credited to Publius Syrus Mimus,
What one day gives us, another takes away from us.
What one day gives us, another takes away from us.
