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It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
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 is more ill-timed than an ill-timed laugh.
Nothing is more ill-timed than an ill-timed laugh.
One eye-witness is better than ten hearsays.
One eye-witness is better than ten hearsays.
A penny spar'd is twice got.
A penny spar'd is twice got.
He dies twice who perishes by his own weapons.
He dies twice who perishes by his own weapons.
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he read more
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he esteems your merit,
Is such a friend, that one had need
Be very much his friend indeed
To pardon or to bear it.
Riches are first to be sought for; after wealth, virtue.
Riches are first to be sought for; after wealth, virtue.
