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You can drive out nature with a pitchfork but she keeps on coming
back.
You can drive out nature with a pitchfork but she keeps on coming
back.
Nothing moves more quickly than scandal.
Nothing moves more quickly than scandal.
A jade eates as much as a good horse.
A jade eates as much as a good horse.
There is a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue.
There is a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue.
The plant often removed cannot thrive.
The plant often removed cannot thrive.
He that hath not the craft, let him shut up shop.
He that hath not the craft, let him shut up shop.
Threatned men eat bread, says the Spaniard.
Threatned men eat bread, says the Spaniard.
The faults of his adored escape the notice of the blind admirer.
The faults of his adored escape the notice of the blind admirer.
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
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Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
And some condemned for a fault alone.
