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Your property is in danger when your neighbour's house is on
fire.
Your property is in danger when your neighbour's house is on
fire.
Now o'er his tomb and happy ashes will not violets spring?
Now o'er his tomb and happy ashes will not violets spring?
Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues
We write in water.
Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues
We write in water.
Religious questions have often led to wicked and impious actions.
Religious questions have often led to wicked and impious actions.
A fly, a grape-stone, or a hair can kill.
A fly, a grape-stone, or a hair can kill.
Wee leave more to do when wee dye, then wee have done.
Wee leave more to do when wee dye, then wee have done.
Sweet is pleasure after pain.
Sweet is pleasure after pain.
Punishment follows close on the heels of crime.
Punishment follows close on the heels of crime.
