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Your property is in danger when your neighbour's house is on
fire.
Your property is in danger when your neighbour's house is on
fire.
Providence is better then a rent.
Providence is better then a rent.
They make a desert and they call it peace.
They make a desert and they call it peace.
Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Nor has he lived in vain, who from his cradle to his grave has
passed his life in seclusion.
Nor has he lived in vain, who from his cradle to his grave has
passed his life in seclusion.
Try your skill in gilt first, and then in gold.
Try your skill in gilt first, and then in gold.
For gnarling sorrow hath less power to bite
The man, that mocks at it, and sets it light.
For gnarling sorrow hath less power to bite
The man, that mocks at it, and sets it light.
Honesty's a fool
And loses that it works for.
Honesty's a fool
And loses that it works for.
