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Paines to get, care to keep, feare to lose.
Paines to get, care to keep, feare to lose.
Power call achieve more by gentle means than by violence.
Power call achieve more by gentle means than by violence.
Better is one Accipe, then twice to say, Dabo tibi.
Better is one Accipe, then twice to say, Dabo tibi.
One who sets off to the best advantage his every act and speech.
One who sets off to the best advantage his every act and speech.
What you keep by you, you may change and mend;
But words once spoke can never be recall'd.
What you keep by you, you may change and mend;
But words once spoke can never be recall'd.
Out of breath to no possible purpose; in attempting everything,
doing nothing.
Out of breath to no possible purpose; in attempting everything,
doing nothing.
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whoever is
deceived thereby is not wise.
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whoever is
deceived thereby is not wise.
Gain, acquired by many agents, soon accumulates.
Gain, acquired by many agents, soon accumulates.
Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.
Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.
