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What is now an act of reason, was but blind impulse.
What is now an act of reason, was but blind impulse.
Conscience, the executioner, shaking her secret scourge.
Conscience, the executioner, shaking her secret scourge.
That which we are not permitted to have we delight in; that which
we can have is disregarded.
That which we are not permitted to have we delight in; that which
we can have is disregarded.
Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth
the law, happy is he.
Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth
the law, happy is he.
The crow bewailes the sheepe, and then eates it.
The crow bewailes the sheepe, and then eates it.
All feete tread not in one shoe.
All feete tread not in one shoe.
It is of no avail to know what is about to happen; for it is a
sad thing to read more
It is of no avail to know what is about to happen; for it is a
sad thing to be grieved when grief can do no good.
Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.
Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.
Every one hath a foole in his sleeve.
Every one hath a foole in his sleeve.
