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He lives unsafely, that lookes too neere on things.
He lives unsafely, that lookes too neere on things.
Here I stand the perpetrator of the crime--turn then your sword
on me.
Here I stand the perpetrator of the crime--turn then your sword
on me.
'Tis said the lion will turn and flee
From a maid in the pride of her purity.
'Tis said the lion will turn and flee
From a maid in the pride of her purity.
The wicked flee when no man pursueth.
The wicked flee when no man pursueth.
Honesty is the best policy.
Honesty is the best policy.
Where lives the man that has not tried,
How mirth can into folly glide,
And folly into read more
Where lives the man that has not tried,
How mirth can into folly glide,
And folly into sin!
The first dish pleaseth all.
The first dish pleaseth all.
Laughter holding both his sides.
Laughter holding both his sides.
An angelic boyhood becomes a Satanic old age.
[Lat., Angelicus juvenis senibus satanizat in annis.]
An angelic boyhood becomes a Satanic old age.
[Lat., Angelicus juvenis senibus satanizat in annis.]