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A City that parlies is half gotten.
A City that parlies is half gotten.
No man ought to be twice tried for the same offence.
No man ought to be twice tried for the same offence.
For emulation hath a thousand sons
That one by one pursue.
For emulation hath a thousand sons
That one by one pursue.
A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools.
A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools.
And wer't not madness then
To make the fox surveyor of the fold.
And wer't not madness then
To make the fox surveyor of the fold.
He who takes the profit ought also to take the labour.
He who takes the profit ought also to take the labour.
When war is raging the laws are dumb.
When war is raging the laws are dumb.
Rashness is the companion of youth, prudence of old age.
Rashness is the companion of youth, prudence of old age.
He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.
He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.
