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The mind that broods o'er guilty woes
Is like a scorpion girt by fire.
The mind that broods o'er guilty woes
Is like a scorpion girt by fire.
Stay a little, that we may make an end the sooner.
Stay a little, that we may make an end the sooner.
A drunkards purse is a bottle.
A drunkards purse is a bottle.
God provides for him that trusteth.
God provides for him that trusteth.
Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
Power won by crime no one ever yet turned to a good purpose.
Those, who in quarrels interpose,
Must often wipe a bloody nose.
Those, who in quarrels interpose,
Must often wipe a bloody nose.
The back-doore robs the house.
The back-doore robs the house.
Here is a fine field for talent.
Here is a fine field for talent.
Their rise is one of difficulty, whose merits are impeded by
poverty.
Their rise is one of difficulty, whose merits are impeded by
poverty.