I would have been glad to have lived under my wood side, and to have kept a flock of sheep, rather than to have undertaken this government.
Oliver Cromwell
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- Keep your faith in God, but keep your powder dry.
- I would have been glad to have lived under my wood side, and to have kept a flock of sheep, rather than to have undertaken this government.
- Nature can do more than physicians.
- Do not trust the cheering, for those persons would shout as much if you or I were going to be hanged.
- Put your trust in God but be sure to keep your powder dry.