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Don't promise twice what you can do at once.
Don't promise twice what you can do at once.
Turn, Fortune, turn thy wheel, and lower the proud.
Turn, Fortune, turn thy wheel, and lower the proud.
Coming events cast their shadows before.
Coming events cast their shadows before.
One man restored our fortunes by delay. [By skilfully avoiding
an engagement, Fabius exhausted the resources of the enemy.]
One man restored our fortunes by delay. [By skilfully avoiding
an engagement, Fabius exhausted the resources of the enemy.]
He may as well not thank at all, who thanks when none are by.
He may as well not thank at all, who thanks when none are by.
A journying woman speakes much of all, and all of her.
A journying woman speakes much of all, and all of her.
Hee that makes himself a sheep, shall be eat by the wolfe.
Hee that makes himself a sheep, shall be eat by the wolfe.
O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.
O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.
