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Punishment is lame, but it comes.
Punishment is lame, but it comes.
He who is most on his guard is often himself taken in.
He who is most on his guard is often himself taken in.
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him
chasteneth him betimes.
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him
chasteneth him betimes.
The very rats
Instinctively had quit it.
The very rats
Instinctively had quit it.
God has joined the innocent with the guilty.
God has joined the innocent with the guilty.
Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.
Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.
Harp not on that string, madam; that is past.
Harp not on that string, madam; that is past.
The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of
a farthing sixe pence.
The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of
a farthing sixe pence.
