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What may be done at any time will be done at no time.
What may be done at any time will be done at no time.
In strife who inquires whether stratagem or courage was used?
In strife who inquires whether stratagem or courage was used?
Extreme remedies are never the first to be resorted to.
Extreme remedies are never the first to be resorted to.
From his silence a man's consent is inferred.
From his silence a man's consent is inferred.
Happy the man who, removed from all cares of business, after the
manner of his forefathers cultivates with his read more
Happy the man who, removed from all cares of business, after the
manner of his forefathers cultivates with his own team his
paternal acres, freed from all thought of usury.
A tigress, robb'd of young, a lioness,
Or other interesting beast of prey,
Are similes at hand read more
A tigress, robb'd of young, a lioness,
Or other interesting beast of prey,
Are similes at hand for the distress
Of ladies who cannot have their own way.
God keep me from false friends!
God keep me from false friends!
The grape becomes tinted from the grape it comes in contact with.
The grape becomes tinted from the grape it comes in contact with.
Hee that comes of a hen must scrape.
Hee that comes of a hen must scrape.
