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Water trotted is as good as oates.
Water trotted is as good as oates.
Man is to man a god or a wolf.
Man is to man a god or a wolf.
The fox barks not when he would steal the lamb.
The fox barks not when he would steal the lamb.
Ease and honour are seldom bed-fellows.
Ease and honour are seldom bed-fellows.
Dally not with mony or women.
Dally not with mony or women.
Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.
Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.
He confesses his guilt who flies from his trial.
He confesses his guilt who flies from his trial.
The sure way to wickedness is through wickedness.
The sure way to wickedness is through wickedness.
An angelic boyhood becomes a Satanic old age.
[Lat., Angelicus juvenis senibus satanizat in annis.]
An angelic boyhood becomes a Satanic old age.
[Lat., Angelicus juvenis senibus satanizat in annis.]