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The clown waits for the river to run itself dry. [Crossing
Cheapside.]
The clown waits for the river to run itself dry. [Crossing
Cheapside.]
I would not exchange my life of ease and quiet for the riches of
Arabia.
I would not exchange my life of ease and quiet for the riches of
Arabia.
Those who say it cannot be done should not interrupt the people who are doing it.
Those who say it cannot be done should not interrupt the people who are doing it.
The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the
sword; the one uses it as a means read more
The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the
sword; the one uses it as a means of attack, the other as a means
of defence.
He who speaks ill of an absent friend, or fails to take his part
if attacked by another, that read more
He who speaks ill of an absent friend, or fails to take his part
if attacked by another, that man is a scoundrel.
Poverty needs much, avarice everything.
Poverty needs much, avarice everything.
A fool bolts a door with a boiled carrot.
A fool bolts a door with a boiled carrot.
To ask that which is unjust at the hands of the just, is an
injustice in itself; to expect read more
To ask that which is unjust at the hands of the just, is an
injustice in itself; to expect that which is just from the
unjust, is simple folly.
This victory will be your I ruin.
This victory will be your I ruin.
