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The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
Without businesse debauchery.
Without businesse debauchery.
The bit that one eates, no friend makes.
The bit that one eates, no friend makes.
Follow not truth too near the heels, lest it dash out thy teeth.
Follow not truth too near the heels, lest it dash out thy teeth.
He who boasts of his pedigree praises that which does not belong
to him.
He who boasts of his pedigree praises that which does not belong
to him.
Repentance follows hasty counsels.
[Lat., Velox consilium sequitur poenitentia.]
Repentance follows hasty counsels.
[Lat., Velox consilium sequitur poenitentia.]
They say, best men are moulded out of faults.
They say, best men are moulded out of faults.
The death of wolves is the safety of the sheep.
The death of wolves is the safety of the sheep.
The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried,
Grapple them to thy soul with hooks of steel.
The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried,
Grapple them to thy soul with hooks of steel.
