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The hope of escaping with impunity is the greatest incentive to
vice.
The hope of escaping with impunity is the greatest incentive to
vice.
We must recoile a little, to the end we may leap the better.
We must recoile a little, to the end we may leap the better.
Life ain't all beer and skittles.
Life ain't all beer and skittles.
Anger is like
A full hot horse, who being allowed his way,
Self-mettle tires him.
Anger is like
A full hot horse, who being allowed his way,
Self-mettle tires him.
Nothing is difficult in the eyes of a lover.
Nothing is difficult in the eyes of a lover.
Service without reward is punishment.
Service without reward is punishment.
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
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Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
And some condemned for a fault alone.
Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity.
Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity.
Weeds are shallow-rooted,
Suffer them now, and they'll o'ergrow the garden,
And choke the herbs for want read more
Weeds are shallow-rooted,
Suffer them now, and they'll o'ergrow the garden,
And choke the herbs for want of husbandry.
