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It is an honourable thing to be merciful to the vanquished.
It is an honourable thing to be merciful to the vanquished.
Hee stands not surely, that never slips.
Hee stands not surely, that never slips.
The Apothecaries morter spoiles the Luters musick.
The Apothecaries morter spoiles the Luters musick.
A fault is fostered by concealment.
A fault is fostered by concealment.
He rejoices to have made his way by ruin of others.
[Lat., Gaudensque viam fecisse ruina.]
He rejoices to have made his way by ruin of others.
[Lat., Gaudensque viam fecisse ruina.]
It takes much from the account, to which his sin doth amount.
It takes much from the account, to which his sin doth amount.
The good refrain from sin from the pure love of virtue.
The good refrain from sin from the pure love of virtue.
A Lyons skin is never cheape.
A Lyons skin is never cheape.
