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Step after step the ladder is ascended.
Step after step the ladder is ascended.
Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches
and honour.
Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches
and honour.
Consider not what may do, but what it will become you to do.
Consider not what may do, but what it will become you to do.
He can give little to his servant, that lickes his knife.
[He can give little to his servant that read more
He can give little to his servant, that lickes his knife.
[He can give little to his servant that licks his knife.]
For without transformation
Men become wolves on every slight occasion.
For without transformation
Men become wolves on every slight occasion.
If all fooles wore white Caps, wee should seeme a flock of geese.
If all fooles wore white Caps, wee should seeme a flock of geese.
It is an honourable thing to be merciful to the vanquished.
It is an honourable thing to be merciful to the vanquished.
Hee hath not liv'd, that lives not after death.
Hee hath not liv'd, that lives not after death.
The whole race of scribblers flies from the town and yearns for
country life.
The whole race of scribblers flies from the town and yearns for
country life.