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If the destructive dice-box has pleasures for the father, the son
will be a gambler.
If the destructive dice-box has pleasures for the father, the son
will be a gambler.
He makes a solitude, and calls it peace.
He makes a solitude, and calls it peace.
Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.
Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.
What boots it at one gate to make defence,
And at another to let in the foe?
What boots it at one gate to make defence,
And at another to let in the foe?
A poore mans Cow dies a rich mans child.
A poore mans Cow dies a rich mans child.
No love is foule, nor prison fair.
No love is foule, nor prison fair.
A man of a great memory without learning hath a rock and a
spindle, and no staffe to spin.
A man of a great memory without learning hath a rock and a
spindle, and no staffe to spin.
It is not to be argued that the abuse of a thing proves that it
is useless.
It is not to be argued that the abuse of a thing proves that it
is useless.
