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To make a commencement requires a mental effort.
To make a commencement requires a mental effort.
He who trusts himself for safety to the care of a wicked man, in
seeking succour meets with ruin.
He who trusts himself for safety to the care of a wicked man, in
seeking succour meets with ruin.
An intemperate patient makes a harsh doctor.
An intemperate patient makes a harsh doctor.
Who friendship with a knave hath made,
Is judg'd a partner in the trade.
Who friendship with a knave hath made,
Is judg'd a partner in the trade.
A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom.
A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom.
One to destroy is murder by the law,
And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe;
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One to destroy is murder by the law,
And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe;
To murder thousands takes a specious name,
War's glorious art, and gives immortal fame.
