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An ill agreement is better then a good judgement.
[An ill agreement is better than a good judgment.]
An ill agreement is better then a good judgement.
[An ill agreement is better than a good judgment.]
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.
The offender never pardons.
The offender never pardons.
The dog that licks ashes, trust not with meale.
The dog that licks ashes, trust not with meale.
To pull the chestnuts from the fire with the cat's paw.
To pull the chestnuts from the fire with the cat's paw.
On their own merits modest men are dumb.
On their own merits modest men are dumb.
O, what may man within him hide,
Though angel on the outward side!
O, what may man within him hide,
Though angel on the outward side!
Some men plant an opinion they seem to erradicate.
Some men plant an opinion they seem to erradicate.
If reasons were as plentiful as blackberries,
I would give no man a reason upon compulsion.
If reasons were as plentiful as blackberries,
I would give no man a reason upon compulsion.
