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What's gone, and what's past help,
Should be past grieve.
What's gone, and what's past help,
Should be past grieve.
A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors.
A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors.
It's no sure rule to fish with a cros-bow.
It's no sure rule to fish with a cros-bow.
Be not for ever harassed by impotent desire.
Be not for ever harassed by impotent desire.
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.
Of two evils I have chose the least.
Of two evils I have chose the least.
Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
Even a ring of iron is worn away by constant use.
Even a ring of iron is worn away by constant use.
There is safety in numbers. [Lat., Defendit numerus.]
There is safety in numbers. [Lat., Defendit numerus.]
