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The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.
The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.
Once let good faith be abandoned, and all social existence would
perish.
Once let good faith be abandoned, and all social existence would
perish.
Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves.
[Lat., Saepe intereunt aliis meditantes necem.]
Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves.
[Lat., Saepe intereunt aliis meditantes necem.]
For man is man, and master of his fate.
For man is man, and master of his fate.
Fire that's closest kept burns most of all.
Fire that's closest kept burns most of all.
Whenever you see a fellow-creature in trouble, remember that he
is a man.
Whenever you see a fellow-creature in trouble, remember that he
is a man.
An Asse endures his burden, but not more then his burden.
An Asse endures his burden, but not more then his burden.
The goate must browse where she is tyed.
The goate must browse where she is tyed.
We may outrun,
By violent swiftness, that which we run at,
And lose by over-running.
We may outrun,
By violent swiftness, that which we run at,
And lose by over-running.