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What we hear strikes the mind with less force than what we see.
What we hear strikes the mind with less force than what we see.
Your property is in danger when your neighbour's house is on
fire.
Your property is in danger when your neighbour's house is on
fire.
Hee wrongs not an old man that steales his supper from him.
Hee wrongs not an old man that steales his supper from him.
So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
They dance, they revel, and they sing,
Till the rude turrets shake and ring.
They dance, they revel, and they sing,
Till the rude turrets shake and ring.
A Daniel come to judgment! yea, a Daniel!
A Daniel come to judgment! yea, a Daniel!
The cautious wolf fears the pit, the hawk regards with suspicion
the snare laid for her, and the fish read more
The cautious wolf fears the pit, the hawk regards with suspicion
the snare laid for her, and the fish the hook in its concealment.
Caesar's wife should be above suspicion.
Caesar's wife should be above suspicion.
Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
