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Not if you burst yourself will you equal him.
Not if you burst yourself will you equal him.
The hope of escaping with impunity is the greatest incentive to
vice.
The hope of escaping with impunity is the greatest incentive to
vice.
Hee a beast doth die, that hath done no good to his country.
Hee a beast doth die, that hath done no good to his country.
There are faults we would fain pardon.
There are faults we would fain pardon.
Busily engaged in doing nothing. [A squirrel in a cage.]
Busily engaged in doing nothing. [A squirrel in a cage.]
Nae man can tether time nor tide.
Nae man can tether time nor tide.
I had rather aske of my sire browne bread, then borrow of my
neighbour white.
I had rather aske of my sire browne bread, then borrow of my
neighbour white.
First come, first served.
First come, first served.
The bird that hath been limed in a bush
With trembling wing misdoubteth every bush.
The bird that hath been limed in a bush
With trembling wing misdoubteth every bush.