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Welcome evill, if thou commest alone.
Welcome evill, if thou commest alone.
Hell is paved with good intentions.
Hell is paved with good intentions.
Cruelty is more cruell, if we defer the pain.
Cruelty is more cruell, if we defer the pain.
To go where the King goes afoot (i.e. to the stool).
To go where the King goes afoot (i.e. to the stool).
Of all the griefs that harass the distress'd,
Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest;
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Of all the griefs that harass the distress'd,
Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest;
Fate never wounds more deep the generous heart,
Than when a blockhead's insult points the dart.
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.
Great things rush to the destruction of each other.
Great things rush to the destruction of each other.
Your thoughts close, and your countenance loose.
Your thoughts close, and your countenance loose.
