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A wise man needes not blush for changing his purpose.
A wise man needes not blush for changing his purpose.
Man proposes, and God disposes.
[It., Ordina l'uomo, e dio dispone.]
Man proposes, and God disposes.
[It., Ordina l'uomo, e dio dispone.]
Each day that fate adds to your life, put down as so much gain.
Each day that fate adds to your life, put down as so much gain.
He who boasts of his pedigree praises that which does not belong
to him.
He who boasts of his pedigree praises that which does not belong
to him.
No creature smarts so little as a fool.
No creature smarts so little as a fool.
Conscience, the executioner, shaking her secret scourge.
Conscience, the executioner, shaking her secret scourge.
He that gives thee a Capon, give him the leg and the wing.
He that gives thee a Capon, give him the leg and the wing.
So--now the danger dared at last,
Look back and smile at perils past!
So--now the danger dared at last,
Look back and smile at perils past!
