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Valour that parlies is neare yeelding.
Valour that parlies is neare yeelding.
A little and good fills the trencher.
A little and good fills the trencher.
To have nothing is not poverty.
[Lat., Non est paupertas, Nestor, habere nihil.]
To have nothing is not poverty.
[Lat., Non est paupertas, Nestor, habere nihil.]
Let the poor man mind his tongue.
Let the poor man mind his tongue.
Let us crown ourselves with rosebuds before they wither.
Let us crown ourselves with rosebuds before they wither.
Perhaps the early grave
Which men weep over may be meant to save.
Perhaps the early grave
Which men weep over may be meant to save.
My hair is grey, but not with years.
My hair is grey, but not with years.
Falsehood is often rocked by truth, but she soon outgrows her
cradle, and discards her nurse.
Falsehood is often rocked by truth, but she soon outgrows her
cradle, and discards her nurse.
Every man's censure is first moulded in his own nature.
Every man's censure is first moulded in his own nature.