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A gentle heart is tyed with an easie thread.
A gentle heart is tyed with an easie thread.
One to destroy is murder by the law,
And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe;
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One to destroy is murder by the law,
And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe;
To murder thousands takes a specious name,
War's glorious art, and gives immortal fame.
Integrity is praised and starves.
Integrity is praised and starves.
'Tis strange, but true: for truth is always strange;
Stranger than fiction.
'Tis strange, but true: for truth is always strange;
Stranger than fiction.
Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.
Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.
Penny wise, pound foolish.
Penny wise, pound foolish.
Between the businesse of life and the day of death, a space ought
to be interposed.
Between the businesse of life and the day of death, a space ought
to be interposed.
Believe Robert who has tried it.
[Lat., Experto crede Roberto.]
Believe Robert who has tried it.
[Lat., Experto crede Roberto.]
Mystery magnifies danger, as the fog does the sun.
Mystery magnifies danger, as the fog does the sun.
