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When a knave is in a plumtree he hath neither friend nor kin.
When a knave is in a plumtree he hath neither friend nor kin.
He who spares the wicked injures the good.
He who spares the wicked injures the good.
When the Foxe preacheth, beware geese.
When the Foxe preacheth, beware geese.
Caution comes too late when we are in the midst of evils.
Caution comes too late when we are in the midst of evils.
Better spare to have of thine own, then aske of other men.
Better spare to have of thine own, then aske of other men.
Censure pardons the ravens but rebukes the doves. [The innocent
are punished and the wicked escape.]
Censure pardons the ravens but rebukes the doves. [The innocent
are punished and the wicked escape.]
The anger of those in authority is always weighty.
The anger of those in authority is always weighty.
'Tis said the lion will turn and flee
From a maid in the pride of her purity.
'Tis said the lion will turn and flee
From a maid in the pride of her purity.
A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
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A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
A daw's not reckoned a religious bird
Because it keeps a-cawing from a steeple.
