Hee that brings good newes knockes hard.

Hee that brings good newes knockes hard.

Here I stand the perpetrator of the crime--turn then your sword
on me.

Here I stand the perpetrator of the crime--turn then your sword
on me.

It is easy to be wise after the event.

It is easy to be wise after the event.

Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just,
And he but naked, though locked up in steel,
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Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just,
And he but naked, though locked up in steel,
Whose conscience with injustice is corrupted.

By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded.

By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded.

On with the dance, let joy be unconfined.

On with the dance, let joy be unconfined.

Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
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Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
And some condemned for a fault alone.

Time stoops to no man's lure.

Time stoops to no man's lure.

A little with quiet is the onely dyet.

A little with quiet is the onely dyet.