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    Is not this a lamentable thing, that of the skin of an innocent
    lamb should be made parchment? that parchment, being scribbled
    o'er, should undo a man? Some say the bee stings, but I say 'tis
    the bee's wax; for I did but seal once to a thing, and I was
    never mind own man since.

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The ends must justify the means.

The ends must justify the means.

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Thou marvell'st at my words, but hold thee still;
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.

Thou marvell'st at my words, but hold thee still;
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.

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As thou sowest, so shalt thou reap.
[Sp., Ut sementem feceris, ita metes.]

As thou sowest, so shalt thou reap.
[Sp., Ut sementem feceris, ita metes.]

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Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.

Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.

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What dire Offence from am'rous Causes springs,
What mighty Contests rise from trivial Things.

What dire Offence from am'rous Causes springs,
What mighty Contests rise from trivial Things.

by Alexander Pope Found in: Results Quotes,
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It will be seen in the frying of the eggs.
[Sp., Al freir de los huevos lo vera.]

It will be seen in the frying of the eggs.
[Sp., Al freir de los huevos lo vera.]

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For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind:
it hath no stalk: the bud shall read more

For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind:
it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it
yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.

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As you sow y' are like to reap.

As you sow y' are like to reap.

by Samuel Butler Found in: Results Quotes,
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The thorns which I have reap'd are of the tree
I planted--they have torn me--and I bleed!
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The thorns which I have reap'd are of the tree
I planted--they have torn me--and I bleed!
I should have known what fruit would spring from such a seed.

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