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Restive horses must be roughly dealt with.
Restive horses must be roughly dealt with.
Immodest words admit of no defence;
For want of decency is want of sense.
Immodest words admit of no defence;
For want of decency is want of sense.
To bee beloved is above all bargaines.
To bee beloved is above all bargaines.
Those, that with haste will make a mighty fire,
Begin it with weak straws.
Those, that with haste will make a mighty fire,
Begin it with weak straws.
How much a dunce that has been sent to roam
Excels a dunce that has been kept at home.
How much a dunce that has been sent to roam
Excels a dunce that has been kept at home.
He who spares the wicked injures the good.
He who spares the wicked injures the good.
A wise man does nothing by constraint.
A wise man does nothing by constraint.
Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.
Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.
He who leaves a fault unpunished invites crime.
He who leaves a fault unpunished invites crime.
