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He makes a solitude, and calls it peace.
He makes a solitude, and calls it peace.
The cause lies hidden; the effect is most notorious.
The cause lies hidden; the effect is most notorious.
Consider the end.
Consider the end.
To meditate an injury is to commit one.
To meditate an injury is to commit one.
We may outrun,
By violent swiftness, that which we run at,
And lose by over-running.
We may outrun,
By violent swiftness, that which we run at,
And lose by over-running.
Litle stickes kindle the fire; great ones put it out.
Litle stickes kindle the fire; great ones put it out.
The cautious wolf fears the pit, the hawk regards with suspicion
the snare laid for her, and the fish read more
The cautious wolf fears the pit, the hawk regards with suspicion
the snare laid for her, and the fish the hook in its concealment.
[A woman] fiercer than a cubless tigress.
[A woman] fiercer than a cubless tigress.
The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait.
The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait.
