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Everyone has his besetting sin.
Everyone has his besetting sin.
Better do nothing than do ill.
Better do nothing than do ill.
Good is to bee sought out, and evill attended.
Good is to bee sought out, and evill attended.
Praise a hill, but keepe below.
Praise a hill, but keepe below.
No money, no Swiss.
[Fr., Point d'argent, point de Suisse.]
No money, no Swiss.
[Fr., Point d'argent, point de Suisse.]
Love's mind of judgment rarely hath a taste:
Wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste.
Love's mind of judgment rarely hath a taste:
Wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste.
Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason?
Why if it prosper, none dare call it treason.
Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason?
Why if it prosper, none dare call it treason.
Harp not on that string, madam; that is past.
Harp not on that string, madam; that is past.
With the arm which won the victory he protects the vanquished.
With the arm which won the victory he protects the vanquished.
