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The act is judged of by the event.
The act is judged of by the event.
Fair words butter no parsnips.
Fair words butter no parsnips.
The tree that God plants, no winde hurts it.
The tree that God plants, no winde hurts it.
Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind!
The thief doth fear each bush an officer.
Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind!
The thief doth fear each bush an officer.
The mind that broods o'er guilty woes
Is like a scorpion girt by fire.
The mind that broods o'er guilty woes
Is like a scorpion girt by fire.
Take away her rewards, and who will ever clasp naked Virtue to
his bosom?
Take away her rewards, and who will ever clasp naked Virtue to
his bosom?
Though this may be play to you,
'Tis death to us.
Though this may be play to you,
'Tis death to us.
Ask but enough, and you may lower the price as you list.
Ask but enough, and you may lower the price as you list.
