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The worst punishment of all is, that in the court of his own
conscience no guilty man is acquitted.
The worst punishment of all is, that in the court of his own
conscience no guilty man is acquitted.
That's the best gowne that goes up and downe the house.
That's the best gowne that goes up and downe the house.
Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.
Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.
There were no ill language, if it were not ill taken.
There were no ill language, if it were not ill taken.
He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
[Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]
He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
[Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]
It's an ill councell that hath no escape.
It's an ill councell that hath no escape.
In idle wishes fools supinely stay;
Be there a will,--and wisdom finds a way.
In idle wishes fools supinely stay;
Be there a will,--and wisdom finds a way.
If gaming does an aged sire entice,
Then my young master swiftly learns the vice.
If gaming does an aged sire entice,
Then my young master swiftly learns the vice.
