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It is an honourable thing to be merciful to the vanquished.
It is an honourable thing to be merciful to the vanquished.
Feare keepes the garden better then the gardiner.
Feare keepes the garden better then the gardiner.
Hee that would bee well old, must bee old betimes.
Hee that would bee well old, must bee old betimes.
How far that little candle throws its beams;
So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
How far that little candle throws its beams;
So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.
It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.
The wicked flee when no man pursueth.
The wicked flee when no man pursueth.
The more skilful the gambler, the worse the man.
The more skilful the gambler, the worse the man.
To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free,
These are imperial arts.
To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free,
These are imperial arts.
Doe what thou oughtest, and come what come can.
Doe what thou oughtest, and come what come can.
