There's no taking trout with dry breeches.
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Tis a dainty thing to command, though twere but a flock of sheep.Miguel de Cervantes
Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any of his best wishes.
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Liberty is one of the most precious gifts which heaven has bestowed on man with it we cannot compare the treasures which the earth contains or the sea conceals for liberty, as for honor, we can and ought to risk our lives and, on for the other hand, captivity is the greatest evil that can befall man.
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To be prepared is half the victory.
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One shouldn't talk of halters in the hanged man's house.
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'Tis ill talking of halters in the house of a man that was hanged.
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