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Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.
Let the worst come to the worst.
Let the worst come to the worst.
The higher the tower, the greater the fall thereof.
The higher the tower, the greater the fall thereof.
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may read more
He that fights and runs away,
Will live to fight another day;
For he that runs may fight again,
Which he can never do that's slain.
Deeper to wound she shuns the fight;
She drops her arms, to gain the field:
Secures her conquest by her flight:
And triumphs when she seems to yield.
He would stroke
The head of modest and ingenuous youth,
That blushed at its own praise.
He would stroke
The head of modest and ingenuous youth,
That blushed at its own praise.
A man that keeps riches and enjoys them not, is like an ass that
carries gold and eats thistles.
A man that keeps riches and enjoys them not, is like an ass that
carries gold and eats thistles.
He that serves well needes not ask his wages.
He that serves well needes not ask his wages.
Light burthens, long borne, growe heavie.
[Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy.]
Light burthens, long borne, growe heavie.
[Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy.]
No one should be judge in his own cause.
No one should be judge in his own cause.
