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No wicked man knows happiness, and least of all the seducer of
others.
No wicked man knows happiness, and least of all the seducer of
others.
If any would not work, neither shall he eat.
If any would not work, neither shall he eat.
An excess of hoarded wealth is the death of many.
An excess of hoarded wealth is the death of many.
Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft.
Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft.
I hate ingratitude more in man
Than lying, vainness, babbling, drunkenness,
Or any taint of vice.
I hate ingratitude more in man
Than lying, vainness, babbling, drunkenness,
Or any taint of vice.
As the sweet voice of a bird,
Heard by the lander in a lonely isle,
Moves him read more
As the sweet voice of a bird,
Heard by the lander in a lonely isle,
Moves him to think what kind of bird it is,
That sings so delicately clear, and make
Conjecture of the plumage and the form.
For without transformation
Men become wolves on every slight occasion.
For without transformation
Men become wolves on every slight occasion.
'Tis godlike to have power, but not to kill.
'Tis godlike to have power, but not to kill.
A gentle houswife marres the houshold.
A gentle houswife marres the houshold.
