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What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.
What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.
A holy habit clenseth not a foule soule.
A holy habit clenseth not a foule soule.
Who like sour fruit to stir their veins' salt tides.
Who like sour fruit to stir their veins' salt tides.
Impotent fury rages powerless and to no purpose.
Impotent fury rages powerless and to no purpose.
How well I feathered by nest.
How well I feathered by nest.
He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he
lacks opportunity.
He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he
lacks opportunity.
One swallow does not make spring.
One swallow does not make spring.
Many diseases may be cured by abstinence.
Many diseases may be cured by abstinence.
Every one who repeats it adds something to the scandal. [The
rolling snow-ball.]
Every one who repeats it adds something to the scandal. [The
rolling snow-ball.]