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A light breath fans the flame, a violent gust extinguishes it.
A light breath fans the flame, a violent gust extinguishes it.
No wicked man knows happiness, and least of all the seducer of
others.
No wicked man knows happiness, and least of all the seducer of
others.
The comforters head never akes.
The comforters head never akes.
Sinnes are not knowne till they bee acted.
Sinnes are not knowne till they bee acted.
He who would have the kernel must crack the shell.
He who would have the kernel must crack the shell.
The scalded head feares cold water.
The scalded head feares cold water.
A woman conceales what shee knowes not.
A woman conceales what shee knowes not.
Blest tears of soul-felt penitence!
In whose benign, redeeming flow
Is felt the first, the only sense
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Blest tears of soul-felt penitence!
In whose benign, redeeming flow
Is felt the first, the only sense
Of guiltless joy that guilt can know.
Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity.
Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity.
