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Stay a little, that we may make an end the sooner.
Stay a little, that we may make an end the sooner.
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
Punishment is the last and the least effective instrument in the hands of the legislator for the prevention of crime.
Punishment is the last and the least effective instrument in the hands of the legislator for the prevention of crime.
Hee that makes a thing too fine, breakes it.
Hee that makes a thing too fine, breakes it.
He who does not punish evil commands it to be done.
He who does not punish evil commands it to be done.
Their own death accompanies the wound they inflict.
Their own death accompanies the wound they inflict.
Whose house is of glasse, must not throw stones at another.
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Whose house is of glasse, must not throw stones at another.
[Whose house is of glass, must not throw stones at another.]
A soldier when aged is not appreciated; the love of an old man
sickens.
A soldier when aged is not appreciated; the love of an old man
sickens.