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It is the bright day that brings forth the adder.
It is the bright day that brings forth the adder.
He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
He who takes the profit ought also to take the labour.
He who takes the profit ought also to take the labour.
Faults are committed within the walls of Troy and also without.
[There is fault on both sides.]
Faults are committed within the walls of Troy and also without.
[There is fault on both sides.]
By hesitation the opportunity is often lost.
By hesitation the opportunity is often lost.
It is as good as second life to be able to look back upon our
past life with pleasure.
It is as good as second life to be able to look back upon our
past life with pleasure.
'Tis pleasant to stand on shore and watch others labouring in a
stormy sea.
'Tis pleasant to stand on shore and watch others labouring in a
stormy sea.
A loss, of which we are ignorant, is no loss.
A loss, of which we are ignorant, is no loss.
