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Lying lips are abomination to the Lord.
Lying lips are abomination to the Lord.
Ourselves are to ourselves the cause of ill.
Ourselves are to ourselves the cause of ill.
None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most
delighted.
None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most
delighted.
What a lady says to an eager lover he may write in the wind, or
in running water.
What a lady says to an eager lover he may write in the wind, or
in running water.
Glass, China, and Reputation, are easily crack'd and never well
mended.
Glass, China, and Reputation, are easily crack'd and never well
mended.
Let justice be done, though the heavens fall.
[Lat., Fiat justitia, ruat coelum.]
Let justice be done, though the heavens fall.
[Lat., Fiat justitia, ruat coelum.]
He who is not in readiness to-day, will be less prepared
to-morrow.
He who is not in readiness to-day, will be less prepared
to-morrow.
He is praised by some, blamed by others.
He is praised by some, blamed by others.
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.