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Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.
Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.
Ill vessels seldome miscarry.
Ill vessels seldome miscarry.
We are worthless fowl, hatched from unlucky eggs.
We are worthless fowl, hatched from unlucky eggs.
A wicked mans gift hath a touch of his master.
A wicked mans gift hath a touch of his master.
That which has been endured with difficulty is remedied with
delight.
That which has been endured with difficulty is remedied with
delight.
But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.
But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.
Beate the dog before the Lyon.
Beate the dog before the Lyon.
So much greater is our thirst for glory than for virtue.
So much greater is our thirst for glory than for virtue.
