When they can't win in fair fight, they resort to all sorts of
sly tricks.

When they can't win in fair fight, they resort to all sorts of
sly tricks.

He makes a solitude, and calls it peace.

He makes a solitude, and calls it peace.

The orange that is too hard squeezed yields a bitter juice.

The orange that is too hard squeezed yields a bitter juice.

To learn from other men's mistakes to prevent your own.

To learn from other men's mistakes to prevent your own.

He who has once made himself notorious as utterly unprincipled,
is not credited even when he speaks the truth.

He who has once made himself notorious as utterly unprincipled,
is not credited even when he speaks the truth.

Thou will scare be a man before thy mother.

Thou will scare be a man before thy mother.

So comes a reck'ning when the banquet's o'er,
The dreadful reckn'ning, and men smile no more.

So comes a reck'ning when the banquet's o'er,
The dreadful reckn'ning, and men smile no more.

Much will always wanting be
To him who much desires.

Much will always wanting be
To him who much desires.

Know thy opportunity.

Know thy opportunity.