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By heaven you have destroyed me, my friends!
By heaven you have destroyed me, my friends!
Manie things are lost for want of asking.
Manie things are lost for want of asking.
He that gives thee a Capon, give him the leg and the wing.
He that gives thee a Capon, give him the leg and the wing.
The pen is mightier than the sword.
The pen is mightier than the sword.
The dog that licks ashes, trust not with meale.
The dog that licks ashes, trust not with meale.
That in the captain's but a choleric word,
Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy.
That in the captain's but a choleric word,
Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy.
Even to smile at the misfortunes of others is to do an injury.
Even to smile at the misfortunes of others is to do an injury.
It is human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
[Lat., Proprium humani ingenii, est odisse quem laeseris.]
It is human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
[Lat., Proprium humani ingenii, est odisse quem laeseris.]
