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Hee that hath a wife and children wants not businesse.
Hee that hath a wife and children wants not businesse.
Water a farre off quencheth not fire.
Water a farre off quencheth not fire.
A novice always behaves with propriety.
A novice always behaves with propriety.
A sly piece of good luck, which nobody knows of is delightful.
A sly piece of good luck, which nobody knows of is delightful.
There is no retracing our steps.
There is no retracing our steps.
Rare is the union of beauty and modesty.
Rare is the union of beauty and modesty.
A well-bred youth neither speakes of himselfe, nor being spoken
to is silent.
A well-bred youth neither speakes of himselfe, nor being spoken
to is silent.
He who assists the wicked will in time rue it.
He who assists the wicked will in time rue it.
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.
