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Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Of all read more
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.
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he
will not depart read more
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he
will not depart from it.
He that's foolish in the fault, let him be wise in the
punishment.
He that's foolish in the fault, let him be wise in the
punishment.
Young in limbs, in judgment old.
Young in limbs, in judgment old.
A fly, a grape-stone, or a hair can kill.
A fly, a grape-stone, or a hair can kill.
Wine-Counsels seldome prosper.
Wine-Counsels seldome prosper.
A bad dog never sees the Wolfe.
A bad dog never sees the Wolfe.
Poor Peggy hawks nosegays from street to street
Till--think of that who find life so sweet!--
She read more
Poor Peggy hawks nosegays from street to street
Till--think of that who find life so sweet!--
She hates the smell of roses!