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By hesitation the opportunity is often lost.
By hesitation the opportunity is often lost.
If you have no enemies it is a sign fortune has forgot you.
If you have no enemies it is a sign fortune has forgot you.
A feeble dart short of its mark.
A feeble dart short of its mark.
The blind eate many a flie.
The blind eate many a flie.
He who repents of his fault is almost guiltless.
He who repents of his fault is almost guiltless.
Great cowardice is hidden by a bluster of daring.
Great cowardice is hidden by a bluster of daring.
Sir, she can turn, and turn, and yet go on,
And turn again.
Sir, she can turn, and turn, and yet go on,
And turn again.
In the same [hospitable] manner that a Calabrian would press you
to eat his pears.
In the same [hospitable] manner that a Calabrian would press you
to eat his pears.
Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape
calumny.
Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape
calumny.
