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Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.
Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.
Trivial losses often prove great gains.
Trivial losses often prove great gains.
We must recoile a little, to the end we may leap the better.
We must recoile a little, to the end we may leap the better.
The lofty pine is most easily brought low by the force of the
wind, and the higher the tower read more
The lofty pine is most easily brought low by the force of the
wind, and the higher the tower the greater the fall thereof.
How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.
How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.
Bring in great logs and let them lie
To make a solid core of heat.
Bring in great logs and let them lie
To make a solid core of heat.
Knowledge is power.
Knowledge is power.
Every animal loves itself.
Every animal loves itself.
Craft against vice I must apply.
Craft against vice I must apply.
