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A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.
A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.
For 'tis not good that children should know any wickedness.
For 'tis not good that children should know any wickedness.
He has no other recommendation, save an assumed and crafty
solemnity of demeanour.
He has no other recommendation, save an assumed and crafty
solemnity of demeanour.
When a woman is undisguisedly bad, then indeed she is good.
[Comparatively speaking, as she at least lacks deception.]
When a woman is undisguisedly bad, then indeed she is good.
[Comparatively speaking, as she at least lacks deception.]
You kick against the goad.
You kick against the goad.
Get wealth and power, if possible by grace,
If not, by any means, get wealth and place.
Get wealth and power, if possible by grace,
If not, by any means, get wealth and place.
One father is more then a hundred Schoolemasters.
[One father is more than a hundred Schoolmasters.]
One father is more then a hundred Schoolemasters.
[One father is more than a hundred Schoolmasters.]
To counsel others, and to disregard one's own safety, is folly.
To counsel others, and to disregard one's own safety, is folly.
You rub the sore
When you should bring the plaster!
You rub the sore
When you should bring the plaster!
