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He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may read more
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may fight again,
Which he can never do that's slain.
Deeper to wound she shuns the fight;
She drops her arms, to gain the field:
Secures her conquest by her flight:
And triumphs when she seems to yield.
One day unfolds it and one day destroys.
One day unfolds it and one day destroys.
The face, not the woman is the attraction.
The face, not the woman is the attraction.
An idle head is a boxe for the winde.
An idle head is a boxe for the winde.
If the fish had not opened its mouth, it would not have been
caught.
If the fish had not opened its mouth, it would not have been
caught.
Some men plant an opinion they seem to erradicate.
Some men plant an opinion they seem to erradicate.
Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.
Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.
It is, I believe, better to restrain the passions of youth by a
sense of shame, and by conciliatory read more
It is, I believe, better to restrain the passions of youth by a
sense of shame, and by conciliatory means, than by fear.
Take heede of an oxe before, of an horse behind, of a monke on
all sides.
Take heede of an oxe before, of an horse behind, of a monke on
all sides.
