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Evil requires the sanction of the victim.
Evil requires the sanction of the victim.
Come what come may,
Time and the hour runs through the roughest day.
Come what come may,
Time and the hour runs through the roughest day.
Restive horses must be roughly dealt with.
Restive horses must be roughly dealt with.
We must recoile a little, to the end we may leap the better.
We must recoile a little, to the end we may leap the better.
The Smith and his penny both are black.
The Smith and his penny both are black.
Every one who repeats it adds something to the scandal. [The
rolling snow-ball.]
Every one who repeats it adds something to the scandal. [The
rolling snow-ball.]
One man thinks one thing best, another another.
One man thinks one thing best, another another.
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.
