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A live dog is better than a dead lion.
A live dog is better than a dead lion.
Fortune may rob us of our wealth, not of our courage.
Fortune may rob us of our wealth, not of our courage.
Seeming genial, venial fault.
Seeming genial, venial fault.
As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which
is without discretion.
As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which
is without discretion.
Dry feet, warme head, bring safe to bed.
Dry feet, warme head, bring safe to bed.
If the staffe be crooked, the shadow cannot be straight.
If the staffe be crooked, the shadow cannot be straight.
Well does he sleep who knows not that his sleep has been broken.
Well does he sleep who knows not that his sleep has been broken.
They make a desert and they call it peace.
They make a desert and they call it peace.
Perversnes makes one squint ey'd.
Perversnes makes one squint ey'd.
