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To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free,
These are imperial arts.
To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free,
These are imperial arts.
It is peculiarly a fool's habit to discern the faults of others,
and to forget his own.
It is peculiarly a fool's habit to discern the faults of others,
and to forget his own.
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.
A wise man does nothing by constraint.
A wise man does nothing by constraint.
He that hath no good trade, it is to his losse.
He that hath no good trade, it is to his losse.
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
A righteous man regardeth the life of this beast: but the tender
mercies of the wicked are cruel.
A righteous man regardeth the life of this beast: but the tender
mercies of the wicked are cruel.
Hee pays too deare for honey that licks it from thornes.
Hee pays too deare for honey that licks it from thornes.
