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Nothing secure unlesse suspected.
Nothing secure unlesse suspected.
But what avail'd this temperance, not complete
Against another object more enticing?
But what avail'd this temperance, not complete
Against another object more enticing?
A fly, a grape-stone, or a hair can kill.
A fly, a grape-stone, or a hair can kill.
Nought so vile, that on the earth doth live,
But to the earth some special good cloth give.
Nought so vile, that on the earth doth live,
But to the earth some special good cloth give.
Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.
Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.
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.
He that's foolish in the fault, let him be wise in the
punishment.
He that's foolish in the fault, let him be wise in the
punishment.
He who leaves a fault unpunished invites crime.
He who leaves a fault unpunished invites crime.
