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Novelty in all things is charming.
Novelty in all things is charming.
The offender never pardons.
The offender never pardons.
When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest.
When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest.
They are raised on high that their fall may be the greater.
They are raised on high that their fall may be the greater.
The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
Is the sun dimmed, that gnats do fly in it?
Is the sun dimmed, that gnats do fly in it?
Hold on, and wait for the grasshoppers. [Wait for better times.]
Hold on, and wait for the grasshoppers. [Wait for better times.]
Now clothed like a Roman, now like a Greek. [An inconstant,
perfidious man.]
Now clothed like a Roman, now like a Greek. [An inconstant,
perfidious man.]