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Timid dogs more eagerly bark than bite.
Timid dogs more eagerly bark than bite.
One sound blow will serve to undo us all.
One sound blow will serve to undo us all.
A brute without a single redeeming point.
A brute without a single redeeming point.
When God will punish, hee will first take away the understanding.
When God will punish, hee will first take away the understanding.
Long jesting was never good.
Long jesting was never good.
Fire that's closest kept, burns most of all.
Fire that's closest kept, burns most of all.
Hee that makes a thing too fine, breakes it.
Hee that makes a thing too fine, breakes it.
"Rogue that I am," he whispers to himself,
"I lie, I cheat--do anything for pelf,
But who read more
"Rogue that I am," he whispers to himself,
"I lie, I cheat--do anything for pelf,
But who on earth can say I am not pious?"
