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The Catt sees not the mouse ever.
The Catt sees not the mouse ever.
When the oak is before the ash, then you will only get a splash;
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When the oak is before the ash, then you will only get a splash;
when the ash is before the oak, then you may expect a soak.
Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance.
Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance.
Sweep on, you fat and greasy citizens;
'Tis just the fashion. Wherefore do you look
Upon that read more
Sweep on, you fat and greasy citizens;
'Tis just the fashion. Wherefore do you look
Upon that poor and broken bankrupt there?
A diligent Scholer, and the Master's paid.
A diligent Scholer, and the Master's paid.
An undying hatred, and a wound never to be healed.
An undying hatred, and a wound never to be healed.
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
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Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Of all the wonders that I yet have heard.
It seems to me most strange that men should fear,
Seeing that death, a necessary end,
Will come when it will come.
Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day
may bring forth.
Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day
may bring forth.