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Step after step the ladder is ascended.
Step after step the ladder is ascended.
A greater liar than the Parthians.
A greater liar than the Parthians.
He who will not grant a favour has no right to ask one.
He who will not grant a favour has no right to ask one.
One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
Turn giddy and be read more
One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
Turn giddy and be holp by backward turning;
One desperate grief cures with another's languish.
Drooping along the ground the vine misses its widowed elm.
Drooping along the ground the vine misses its widowed elm.
Though they don't want to kill anybody, they like to have the
power to do so.
Though they don't want to kill anybody, they like to have the
power to do so.
Hee that lives well is learned enough.
Hee that lives well is learned enough.
Concealed anger is to be feared; but hatred openly manifested
destroys its chance of revenge.
Concealed anger is to be feared; but hatred openly manifested
destroys its chance of revenge.
The dainties of the great are the teares of the poore.
The dainties of the great are the teares of the poore.
