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In doubtful matters boldness is everything.
In doubtful matters boldness is everything.
Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things.
Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things.
It is human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
[Lat., Proprium humani ingenii, est odisse quem laeseris.]
It is human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
[Lat., Proprium humani ingenii, est odisse quem laeseris.]
The would-be wits and can't-be gentlemen.
The would-be wits and can't-be gentlemen.
The rage of a wild boar is able to spoil more then one wood.
The rage of a wild boar is able to spoil more then one wood.
That in the captain's but a choleric word,
Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy.
That in the captain's but a choleric word,
Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy.
To pluck the vicious quitch
Of blood and custom wholly out of him,
And make all clean read more
To pluck the vicious quitch
Of blood and custom wholly out of him,
And make all clean and plant himself afresh.
To bee beloved is above all bargaines.
To bee beloved is above all bargaines.
A good bargaine is a pick-purse.
A good bargaine is a pick-purse.
