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He that dies without the company of good men puts not himselfe
into a good way.
He that dies without the company of good men puts not himselfe
into a good way.
Compound for sins they are inclined to,
By damning those they have no mind to.
Compound for sins they are inclined to,
By damning those they have no mind to.
We suffer by our proximity. [Who get a blow intended for
another.]
We suffer by our proximity. [Who get a blow intended for
another.]
The effect speakes, the tongue needes not.
The effect speakes, the tongue needes not.
A fool bolts a door with a boiled carrot.
A fool bolts a door with a boiled carrot.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]
Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]
By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded.
By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded.
'Tis too much proved,--that with devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.
'Tis too much proved,--that with devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.
How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds
Makes ill deeds done.
How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds
Makes ill deeds done.