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Beware the fury of a patient man.
Beware the fury of a patient man.
I have raised for myself a monument more durable than brass.
I have raised for myself a monument more durable than brass.
Idle folks have the most labour.
Idle folks have the most labour.
No thanks attach to a kindness long deferred.
No thanks attach to a kindness long deferred.
What a lady says to an eager lover he may write in the wind, or
in running water.
What a lady says to an eager lover he may write in the wind, or
in running water.
Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason?
Why if it prosper, none dare call it treason.
Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason?
Why if it prosper, none dare call it treason.
He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.
He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.
A man that is warned is half armed.
A man that is warned is half armed.
The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active
employment.
The vices of idleness are only to be shaken off by active
employment.