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The conviction of having committed a fault is its first and
greatest punishment.
The conviction of having committed a fault is its first and
greatest punishment.
Beat all your feathers as flat as pancakes.
Beat all your feathers as flat as pancakes.
Virtue may be cheerful without forgetting its dignity.
Virtue may be cheerful without forgetting its dignity.
It's a proud horse that will not carry his owne provender.
It's a proud horse that will not carry his owne provender.
No day is wholly unproductive of good.
No day is wholly unproductive of good.
That father perished at the stake
For tenets he would not forsake.
That father perished at the stake
For tenets he would not forsake.
Consider the misfortunes of others, and you will be the better
able to bear your own.
Consider the misfortunes of others, and you will be the better
able to bear your own.
A tigress, robb'd of young, a lioness,
Or other interesting beast of prey,
Are similes at hand read more
A tigress, robb'd of young, a lioness,
Or other interesting beast of prey,
Are similes at hand for the distress
Of ladies who cannot have their own way.
Who hath no more bread then neede, must not keepe a dog.
Who hath no more bread then neede, must not keepe a dog.
