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Though they don't want to kill anybody, they like to have the
power to do so.
Though they don't want to kill anybody, they like to have the
power to do so.
The silence often of pure innocence
Persuades, when speaking fails.
The silence often of pure innocence
Persuades, when speaking fails.
A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.
A coward calls himself cautious, a miser thrifty.
A faire wife and a frontire Castle breede quarrels.
A faire wife and a frontire Castle breede quarrels.
He may as well not thank at all, who thanks when none are by.
He may as well not thank at all, who thanks when none are by.
Let ease and rest at times be given to the weary.
Let ease and rest at times be given to the weary.
The sad dislike those who are cheerful, and the cheerful dislike
the melancholy.
The sad dislike those who are cheerful, and the cheerful dislike
the melancholy.
Envy will merit as its shade pursue,
But like a shadow, proves the substance true.
Envy will merit as its shade pursue,
But like a shadow, proves the substance true.
An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.
An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.