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He that commits a fault, thinkes every one speakes of it.
He that commits a fault, thinkes every one speakes of it.
Not perfect, nay, but full of tender wants.
Not perfect, nay, but full of tender wants.
He confesses his guilt who flies from his trial.
He confesses his guilt who flies from his trial.
Every man's censure is first moulded in his own nature.
Every man's censure is first moulded in his own nature.
Still fisheth he that catcheth one.
Still fisheth he that catcheth one.
So sweetly she bade me adieu,
I thought that she bade me return.
So sweetly she bade me adieu,
I thought that she bade me return.
The mind that broods o'er guilty woes
Is like a scorpion girt by fire.
The mind that broods o'er guilty woes
Is like a scorpion girt by fire.
Often do the spirits
Of great events stride on before the events,
And in to-day already walks read more
Often do the spirits
Of great events stride on before the events,
And in to-day already walks to-morrow.
A Lyons skin is never cheape.
A Lyons skin is never cheape.