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When children stand quiet, they have done some ill.
When children stand quiet, they have done some ill.
There is a method in man's wickedness:
It grows up by degrees.
There is a method in man's wickedness:
It grows up by degrees.
The big thieves hang the little ones.
The big thieves hang the little ones.
Ty it well, and let it goe.
Ty it well, and let it goe.
Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
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Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;
Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike,
Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike;
Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend,
A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend.
He that is master of himself will soon be master of others.
He that is master of himself will soon be master of others.
In time comes he whom God sends.
In time comes he whom God sends.
A burthen cheerfully borne becomes light.
A burthen cheerfully borne becomes light.
For emulation hath a thousand sons
That one by one pursue.
For emulation hath a thousand sons
That one by one pursue.
