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Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.
Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.
He that plaies his mony ought not to value it.
He that plaies his mony ought not to value it.
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may read more
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may fight again,
Which he can never do that's slain.
Deeper to wound she shuns the fight;
She drops her arms, to gain the field:
Secures her conquest by her flight:
And triumphs when she seems to yield.
He who speaks ill of an absent friend, or fails to take his part
if attacked by another, that read more
He who speaks ill of an absent friend, or fails to take his part
if attacked by another, that man is a scoundrel.
It was the piece of straw that broke the camel's back.
It was the piece of straw that broke the camel's back.
Praise none too much, for all are fickle.
Praise none too much, for all are fickle.
When great assurance accompanies a bad undertaking, such is often
mistaken for confiding sincerity by the world at large.
When great assurance accompanies a bad undertaking, such is often
mistaken for confiding sincerity by the world at large.
I follow him, to serve my turn upon him.
I follow him, to serve my turn upon him.
Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.
Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.
