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The truly noble mind has no resentments.
The truly noble mind has no resentments.
She loved me for the dangers I had passed,
And I loved her for having pitied them.
She loved me for the dangers I had passed,
And I loved her for having pitied them.
For the same man to be an heretick and a good subject, is
incompossible.
For the same man to be an heretick and a good subject, is
incompossible.
Mad desire, when it has the most, longs for more.
Mad desire, when it has the most, longs for more.
Who letts his wife goe to every feast, and his horse drinke at
every water, shall neither have good read more
Who letts his wife goe to every feast, and his horse drinke at
every water, shall neither have good wife nor good horse.
Those, who in quarrels interpose,
Must often wipe a bloody nose.
Those, who in quarrels interpose,
Must often wipe a bloody nose.
A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
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.
By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded.
By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded.