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Seeming genial, venial fault.
Seeming genial, venial fault.
Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft.
Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft.
Pry not into the affairs of others, and keep secret that which
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Pry not into the affairs of others, and keep secret that which
has been entrusted to you, though sorely tempted by wine and
passion.
Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just,
And he but naked, though locked up in steel,
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Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just,
And he but naked, though locked up in steel,
Whose conscience with injustice is corrupted.
Hee that lies with the dogs, riseth with fleas.
Hee that lies with the dogs, riseth with fleas.
Be not caught by the cunning of those who appear in a disguise.
Be not caught by the cunning of those who appear in a disguise.
The groundsell speakes not save what it heard at the hinges.
The groundsell speakes not save what it heard at the hinges.
To place yourself under an obligation is to sell your liberty.
To place yourself under an obligation is to sell your liberty.