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Very slight violence will break that which has once been cracked.
Very slight violence will break that which has once been cracked.
If the destructive dice-box has pleasures for the father, the son
will be a gambler.
If the destructive dice-box has pleasures for the father, the son
will be a gambler.
Hee that lives ill, feare followes him.
Hee that lives ill, feare followes him.
Their own death accompanies the wound they inflict.
Their own death accompanies the wound they inflict.
A friend should bear a friend's infirmities.
A friend should bear a friend's infirmities.
No one should be judge in his own cause.
No one should be judge in his own cause.
The fire i' the flint
Shows not till it be struck.
The fire i' the flint
Shows not till it be struck.
I would have thee gone,
And yet no further than a wanton's bird,
Who lets it hop read more
I would have thee gone,
And yet no further than a wanton's bird,
Who lets it hop a little from her hand,
Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves,
And with a silk thread plucks it back again.
