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The fox barks not when he would steal the lamb.
The fox barks not when he would steal the lamb.
E'en his failings leaned to virtue's side.
E'en his failings leaned to virtue's side.
Who must account for himselfe and others, must know both.
Who must account for himselfe and others, must know both.
Let him love none and be by none beloved!
Let him love none and be by none beloved!
An old cat sports not with her prey.
An old cat sports not with her prey.
The cause lies hidden; the effect is most notorious.
The cause lies hidden; the effect is most notorious.
In trying to be concise I become obscure.
In trying to be concise I become obscure.
That in the captain's but a choleric word,
Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy.
That in the captain's but a choleric word,
Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy.
