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Better do nothing than do ill.
Better do nothing than do ill.
You must endure what is painful to secure that which is
profitable.
You must endure what is painful to secure that which is
profitable.
Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things.
Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things.
One to destroy is murder by the law,
And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe;
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One to destroy is murder by the law,
And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe;
To murder thousands takes a specious name,
War's glorious art, and gives immortal fame.
When things are at the worst they sometimes mend.
When things are at the worst they sometimes mend.
The style is the man.
[Fr., Le style c'est l'homme.]
The style is the man.
[Fr., Le style c'est l'homme.]
Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
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Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Of all the wonders that I yet have heard.
It seems to me most strange that men should fear,
Seeing that death, a necessary end,
Will come when it will come.
Astrologie is true, but the Astrologers cannot finde it.
Astrologie is true, but the Astrologers cannot finde it.
He was a man
Who stole the livery of the court of Heaven
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He was a man
Who stole the livery of the court of Heaven
To serve the devil in.