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The dog that licks ashes, trust not with meale.
The dog that licks ashes, trust not with meale.
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a
fall.
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a
fall.
Now o'er his tomb and happy ashes will not violets spring?
Now o'er his tomb and happy ashes will not violets spring?
Little do you know what a gloriously uncertain thing law is.
Little do you know what a gloriously uncertain thing law is.
A third heir seldom profits by ill-gotten wealth.
A third heir seldom profits by ill-gotten wealth.
Stolen kisses are always sweeter.
Stolen kisses are always sweeter.
No might nor greatness in mortality
Can censure 'scape; back-wounding calumny
The whitest virtue strikes. What king read more
No might nor greatness in mortality
Can censure 'scape; back-wounding calumny
The whitest virtue strikes. What king so strong
Can tie the gall up in the slanderous tongue?
The heart-sick faintness of the hope delayed!
The heart-sick faintness of the hope delayed!
