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Consider what each soil will bear, and what each refuses.
Consider what each soil will bear, and what each refuses.
He who has in due season become rich, unless he saves in due
season, will in due season starve.
He who has in due season become rich, unless he saves in due
season, will in due season starve.
It is an honourable thing to be merciful to the vanquished.
It is an honourable thing to be merciful to the vanquished.
There is no retracing our steps.
There is no retracing our steps.
She can change her
Mind like the wind: whatever she has said
Or done, is light to read more
She can change her
Mind like the wind: whatever she has said
Or done, is light to what she'll say or do.
Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.
Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.
We have not wings, we cannot soar,
But we have feet to scale and climb
By slow read more
We have not wings, we cannot soar,
But we have feet to scale and climb
By slow degrees, by more and more,
The cloudy summits of our time.
Even a child is known by his doings.
Even a child is known by his doings.
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whoever is
deceived thereby is not wise.
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whoever is
deceived thereby is not wise.
