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The fox barks not when he would steal the lamb.
The fox barks not when he would steal the lamb.
Conscience, the executioner, shaking her secret scourge.
Conscience, the executioner, shaking her secret scourge.
I from the jaws of a gardener's bitch
Snatched this bone and then leapt the ditch.
I from the jaws of a gardener's bitch
Snatched this bone and then leapt the ditch.
He that endures is not overcome.
He that endures is not overcome.
The wise hand doth not all that the foolish mouth speakes.
The wise hand doth not all that the foolish mouth speakes.
Nor am I ashamed, as some are, to confess my ignorance of those
matters with which I am unacquainted.
Nor am I ashamed, as some are, to confess my ignorance of those
matters with which I am unacquainted.
To love is a pleasure of youth, a sin in old age.
To love is a pleasure of youth, a sin in old age.
We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.
We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.
