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All they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.
All they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.
As is the mother, so is her daughter.
As is the mother, so is her daughter.
'Tis an easy thing to find a staff to beat a dog.
'Tis an easy thing to find a staff to beat a dog.
The life of man is a winter way.
The life of man is a winter way.
Who gathers thistles, may expect pricks.
Who gathers thistles, may expect pricks.
Great wit to madness sure is near allied,
And thin partitions do their bounds divide.
Great wit to madness sure is near allied,
And thin partitions do their bounds divide.
He that talkes much of his happinesse summons griefe.
He that talkes much of his happinesse summons griefe.
An envious man grows lean at another's fatness.
An envious man grows lean at another's fatness.
The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.
The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.
