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There is wickedness in the intention of wickedness, even though it be not perpetrated in the act.
There is wickedness in the intention of wickedness, even though it be not perpetrated in the act.
God bears with the wicked, but not forever.
God bears with the wicked, but not forever.
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.
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.
The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold
as a lion.
The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold
as a lion.
Two starving men cannot be twice as hungry as one; but two
rascals can be ten times as vicious read more
Two starving men cannot be twice as hungry as one; but two
rascals can be ten times as vicious as one.
The world loves a spice of wickedness.
The world loves a spice of wickedness.
The sun also shines on the wicked.
The sun also shines on the wicked.
There is a method in man's wickedness; it grows up by degrees.
There is a method in man's wickedness; it grows up by degrees.