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Consider what each soil will bear, and what each refuses.
Consider what each soil will bear, and what each refuses.
Woe to the house where there is no chiding.
Woe to the house where there is no chiding.
Whether the pitcher hits the stone or the stone hits the pitcher,
it goes ill with the pitcher.
Whether the pitcher hits the stone or the stone hits the pitcher,
it goes ill with the pitcher.
The buyer needes a hundred eyes, the seller not one.
The buyer needes a hundred eyes, the seller not one.
Peace, and Patience, and death with repentance.
Peace, and Patience, and death with repentance.
He threatens many that hath injured one.
He threatens many that hath injured one.
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.
The fox barks not when he would steal the lamb.
The fox barks not when he would steal the lamb.
A hatt is not made for one shower.
A hatt is not made for one shower.
