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Punishment is lame, but it comes.
Punishment is lame, but it comes.
Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!
Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!
Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and
hatred therewith.
Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and
hatred therewith.
What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
Hee hath not liv'd, that lives not after death.
Hee hath not liv'd, that lives not after death.
The friends of the unfortunate live a long way off.
The friends of the unfortunate live a long way off.
The drunkard is convicted by his praises of wine.
The drunkard is convicted by his praises of wine.
He who repents of his fault is almost guiltless.
He who repents of his fault is almost guiltless.
He that hath lost his credit is dead to the world.
He that hath lost his credit is dead to the world.
