Mental stains can not be removed by time, nor washed away by any
waters.
[Lat., Animi labes nec read more

Mental stains can not be removed by time, nor washed away by any
waters.
[Lat., Animi labes nec diuturnitate vanescere nec omnibus ullis
elui potest.]

As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from
the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon read more

As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from
the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.

Keep five yards from a carriage, ten yards from a horse, and a hundred yards from an elephant; but the read more

Keep five yards from a carriage, ten yards from a horse, and a hundred yards from an elephant; but the distance one should keep from a wicked man cannot be measured.

'Cause I's wicked,--I is. I's mighty wicked, anyhow, I can't help
it.

'Cause I's wicked,--I is. I's mighty wicked, anyhow, I can't help
it.

No wickedness proceeds on any grounds of reason.

No wickedness proceeds on any grounds of reason.

It is a statistical fact that the wicked work harder to reach hell than the righteous do to enter heaven.

It is a statistical fact that the wicked work harder to reach hell than the righteous do to enter heaven.

Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attraction of others.

Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attraction of others.

The giving of riches and honors to a wicked man is like giving strong wine to him that hath a read more

The giving of riches and honors to a wicked man is like giving strong wine to him that hath a fever.

Are you drawn forth among a world of men
To slay the innocent? What is my offense?
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Are you drawn forth among a world of men
To slay the innocent? What is my offense?
Where is the evidence that doth accuse me?
What lawful quest have given their verdict up
Unto the frowning judge? or who pronounced
The bitter sentence of poor Clarence's death
Before I be convict by course of law?
To threaten me with death is most unlawful:
I charge you, as you hope [to have redemption
By Christ's dear blood shed for our grievous sins,]
That you depart, and lay no hands on me.
The deed you undertake is damnable.