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The goate must browse where she is tyed.
The goate must browse where she is tyed.
One to destroy is murder by the law,
And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe;
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One to destroy is murder by the law,
And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe;
To murder thousands takes a specious name,
War's glorious art, and gives immortal fame.
The hair that covers the wit is more than the wit, for the
greater hides the less.
The hair that covers the wit is more than the wit, for the
greater hides the less.
Success in crime always invites to worse deeds.
Success in crime always invites to worse deeds.
He that hath not the craft, let him shut up shop.
He that hath not the craft, let him shut up shop.
An idle head is a boxe for the winde.
An idle head is a boxe for the winde.
Wine is a turne-coate (first a friend, then an enemy).
Wine is a turne-coate (first a friend, then an enemy).
Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.
Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.
That which never has been, never is, and never will be.
That which never has been, never is, and never will be.
