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The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on.
The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on.
Whence is that knocking?
How is't with me, when every noise appals me?
Whence is that knocking?
How is't with me, when every noise appals me?
The excesses of our youth are drafts upon our old age, payable
with interest about thirty years after date.
The excesses of our youth are drafts upon our old age, payable
with interest about thirty years after date.
For want of a naile the shoe is lost, for want of a shoe the
horse is lost, for read more
For want of a naile the shoe is lost, for want of a shoe the
horse is lost, for want of a horse the rider is lost.
Hee wrongs not an old man that steales his supper from him.
Hee wrongs not an old man that steales his supper from him.
We take no note of time
But from its loss.
We take no note of time
But from its loss.
Jest not with the eye or with Religion.
Jest not with the eye or with Religion.
One to destroy is murder by the law,
And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe;
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One to destroy is murder by the law,
And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe;
To murder thousands takes a specious name,
War's glorious art, and gives immortal fame.
We ne'er shall look upon his like again.
We ne'er shall look upon his like again.