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In vain will you fly from one vice if in your wilfulness you
embrace another.
In vain will you fly from one vice if in your wilfulness you
embrace another.
One woe doth tread upon another's heel,
So fast they follow.
One woe doth tread upon another's heel,
So fast they follow.
Mystery magnifies danger, as the fog does the sun.
Mystery magnifies danger, as the fog does the sun.
Things which of themselves avail nothing, when united become
powerful.
Things which of themselves avail nothing, when united become
powerful.
He tells old wives' tales much to the point.
He tells old wives' tales much to the point.
Omittance is no quittance.
Omittance is no quittance.
If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe.
If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe.
A man that is warned is half armed.
A man that is warned is half armed.
