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To make a commencement requires a mental effort.
To make a commencement requires a mental effort.
The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the
sword; the one uses it as a means read more
The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the
sword; the one uses it as a means of attack, the other as a means
of defence.
Conscience, the executioner, shaking her secret scourge.
Conscience, the executioner, shaking her secret scourge.
Fooles bite one another, but wise-men agree together.
Fooles bite one another, but wise-men agree together.
He will not carry his wealth to the waters of Acheron.
He will not carry his wealth to the waters of Acheron.
Working and making a fire doth discretion require.
Working and making a fire doth discretion require.
What we hear strikes the mind with less force than what we see.
What we hear strikes the mind with less force than what we see.
Rains driven by storms fall not perpetually on the land already
sodden, neither do varying gales for ever disturb read more
Rains driven by storms fall not perpetually on the land already
sodden, neither do varying gales for ever disturb the Caspian
sea.
Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale.
Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale.
