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Base envy withers at another's joy,
And hates that excellence it cannot reach.
Base envy withers at another's joy,
And hates that excellence it cannot reach.
They have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind.
They have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind.
What a man does by the agency of another is his own act.
What a man does by the agency of another is his own act.
Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.
Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.
Ah, happy years, once more who would not be a boy!
Ah, happy years, once more who would not be a boy!
The groundsell speakes not save what it heard at the hinges.
The groundsell speakes not save what it heard at the hinges.
He that hath hornes in his bosom, let him not put them on his
head.
He that hath hornes in his bosom, let him not put them on his
head.
Who doth his owne businesse, foules not his hands.
Who doth his owne businesse, foules not his hands.
After a bad harvest sow again. [Yield not to difficulties.]
After a bad harvest sow again. [Yield not to difficulties.]
