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How much of injustice and depravity is sanctioned by custom!
How much of injustice and depravity is sanctioned by custom!
Shoemaker, stick to your last.
[Lat., Ne supra crepidam judicaret.]
Shoemaker, stick to your last.
[Lat., Ne supra crepidam judicaret.]
He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.
He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.
The covetous are always in want.
The covetous are always in want.
Bring in great logs and let them lie
To make a solid core of heat.
Bring in great logs and let them lie
To make a solid core of heat.
Light burthens, long borne, growe heavie.
[Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy.]
Light burthens, long borne, growe heavie.
[Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy.]
What lies concealed is unknown; there can be no desire for what
is not known.
What lies concealed is unknown; there can be no desire for what
is not known.
Man's inhumanity to man
Makes countless thousands mourn!
Man's inhumanity to man
Makes countless thousands mourn!
You rub the sore
When you should bring the plaster!
You rub the sore
When you should bring the plaster!
