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A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.
A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.
The bird that hath been limed in a bush
With trembling wing misdoubteth every bush.
The bird that hath been limed in a bush
With trembling wing misdoubteth every bush.
All feete tread not in one shoe.
All feete tread not in one shoe.
Hold one another's noses to the grindstone hard.
Hold one another's noses to the grindstone hard.
If one swain scorns you, you will soon find another.
If one swain scorns you, you will soon find another.
Every tub must stand upon its bottom.
Every tub must stand upon its bottom.
He that once hitts, is ever bending.
He that once hitts, is ever bending.
He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.
He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.
Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
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Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Of all the wonders that I yet have heard.
It seems to me most strange that men should fear,
Seeing that death, a necessary end,
Will come when it will come.
