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Faults are committed within the walls of Troy and also without.
[There is fault on both sides.]
Faults are committed within the walls of Troy and also without.
[There is fault on both sides.]
Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye.
Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye.
A third heir seldom profits by ill-gotten wealth.
A third heir seldom profits by ill-gotten wealth.
Sweet is revenge--especially to women.
Sweet is revenge--especially to women.
Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
Give a man enough rope and he'll hang himself.
Give a man enough rope and he'll hang himself.
But sighs subside, and tears (even widows') shrink,
Like Arno in the summer, to a shallow.
But sighs subside, and tears (even widows') shrink,
Like Arno in the summer, to a shallow.
You may suppress natural propensities by force, but they will be
certain to re-appear.
You may suppress natural propensities by force, but they will be
certain to re-appear.
