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When you are an Anvill, hold you still; when you are a hammer,
strike your fill.
When you are an Anvill, hold you still; when you are a hammer,
strike your fill.
The sure way to wickedness is through wickedness.
The sure way to wickedness is through wickedness.
A mountaine and a river are good neighbours.
A mountaine and a river are good neighbours.
Don't go near the water until you learn how to swim.
Don't go near the water until you learn how to swim.
(They are unknown) because they had no bard to sing their praises.
(They are unknown) because they had no bard to sing their praises.
Souldiers in peace are like chimneys in summer.
Souldiers in peace are like chimneys in summer.
Success in crime always invites to worse deeds.
Success in crime always invites to worse deeds.
Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind
without rain.
Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind
without rain.
