When the tree is fallen, all goe with their hatchet.

When the tree is fallen, all goe with their hatchet.

Truth and oyle are ever above.

Truth and oyle are ever above.

Is the sun dimmed, that gnats do fly in it?

Is the sun dimmed, that gnats do fly in it?

Nothing is so swift as calumny, nothing is more easily
propagated, nothing more readily credited, nothing more widely
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Nothing is so swift as calumny, nothing is more easily
propagated, nothing more readily credited, nothing more widely
circulated.

I escaped the Thunder, and fell into the Lightning.

I escaped the Thunder, and fell into the Lightning.

As long as the Fates permit, live cheerfully.

As long as the Fates permit, live cheerfully.

Hee that tells his wife newes is but newly married.

Hee that tells his wife newes is but newly married.

Every sin brings its punishment with it.

Every sin brings its punishment with it.

For gnarling sorrow hath less power to bite
The man, that mocks at it, and sets it light.

For gnarling sorrow hath less power to bite
The man, that mocks at it, and sets it light.