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Honesty is the best policy.
Honesty is the best policy.
If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be
thirsty, give him water to read more
If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be
thirsty, give him water to drink.
For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord
shall reward thee.
The hard gives more then he that hath nothing.
The hard gives more then he that hath nothing.
My poverty, but not my will consents.
My poverty, but not my will consents.
Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.
Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.
They dance, they revel, and they sing,
Till the rude turrets shake and ring.
They dance, they revel, and they sing,
Till the rude turrets shake and ring.
A tigress, robb'd of young, a lioness,
Or other interesting beast of prey,
Are similes at hand read more
A tigress, robb'd of young, a lioness,
Or other interesting beast of prey,
Are similes at hand for the distress
Of ladies who cannot have their own way.
Wisely, I say, I am a bachelor.
Wisely, I say, I am a bachelor.
To him that will, waies are not wanting.
To him that will, waies are not wanting.