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The Chicken is the Countries, but the Citie eats it.
The Chicken is the Countries, but the Citie eats it.
Caesar's wife should be above suspicion.
Caesar's wife should be above suspicion.
Disgraces are like cherries, one drawes another.
Disgraces are like cherries, one drawes another.
The mob may hiss me, but I congratulate myself while I
contemplate my treasures in their hoard.
The mob may hiss me, but I congratulate myself while I
contemplate my treasures in their hoard.
Without danger we cannot get beyond danger.
Without danger we cannot get beyond danger.
But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a read more
But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a harder task to prove--
By firm resolve to conquer love!
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him
chasteneth him betimes.
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him
chasteneth him betimes.
Get what start the sinner may, Retribution, for all her lame leg,
never quits his track.
Get what start the sinner may, Retribution, for all her lame leg,
never quits his track.
Marry your daughters betimes, lest they marry themselves.
Marry your daughters betimes, lest they marry themselves.