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Citties are taken by the eares.
Citties are taken by the eares.
Enjoy in happiness the pleasures which each hour brings with it.
Enjoy in happiness the pleasures which each hour brings with it.
Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.
Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.
By penitence th' Eternal's wrath's appeas'd.
By penitence th' Eternal's wrath's appeas'd.
Nature made the fields and man the cities.
Nature made the fields and man the cities.
He carries a stone in one hand, and offers bread with the other.
[Lat., Altera manu fert lapidem, altera read more
He carries a stone in one hand, and offers bread with the other.
[Lat., Altera manu fert lapidem, altera panem ostentat.]
A pauper traveller will sing before a beggar.
A pauper traveller will sing before a beggar.
Perversnes makes one squint ey'd.
Perversnes makes one squint ey'd.
Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.
Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.
