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'Tis best to pause, and think, ere you rush on.
'Tis best to pause, and think, ere you rush on.
Our content
Is our best having.
Our content
Is our best having.
An old cat sports not with her prey.
An old cat sports not with her prey.
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
Who reigns within himself, and rules
Passions, desires, and fears, is more a king.
Who reigns within himself, and rules
Passions, desires, and fears, is more a king.
When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.
When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.
Will fortune never come with both hands full,
But write her fair words still in foulest letters?
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Will fortune never come with both hands full,
But write her fair words still in foulest letters?
She either gives a stomach and no food--
Such are the poor, in health--or else a feast
And takes away the stomach-- such are the rich,
That have abundance, and enjoy it not.
Take heed of the wrath of a mighty man, and the tumult of the
people.
Take heed of the wrath of a mighty man, and the tumult of the
people.
Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and
hatred therewith.
Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and
hatred therewith.
