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When the night's darkest the dawn is nearest.
When the night's darkest the dawn is nearest.
Let the worst come to the worst.
Let the worst come to the worst.
Successful villany is called virtue.
Successful villany is called virtue.
Every inordinate cup is unblessed, and the ingredient is a devil.
Every inordinate cup is unblessed, and the ingredient is a devil.
Drought never brought dearth.
Drought never brought dearth.
We are not born for ourselves alone.
We are not born for ourselves alone.
Thus the whirligig of time
Brings in his revenges.
Thus the whirligig of time
Brings in his revenges.
You rub the sore
When you should bring the plaster!
You rub the sore
When you should bring the plaster!
Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.
Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.