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The world itself is too small for the covetous.
The world itself is too small for the covetous.
"Rogue that I am," he whispers to himself,
"I lie, I cheat--do anything for pelf,
But who read more
"Rogue that I am," he whispers to himself,
"I lie, I cheat--do anything for pelf,
But who on earth can say I am not pious?"
Good & quickly seldome meete.
Good & quickly seldome meete.
Living well is the best revenge.
Living well is the best revenge.
To be precocious
Was in her eyes a thing the most atrocious.
To be precocious
Was in her eyes a thing the most atrocious.
Breaking his oath and resolution, like
A twist of rotten silk.
Breaking his oath and resolution, like
A twist of rotten silk.
What is to be once resolved on should be first often well
considered.
What is to be once resolved on should be first often well
considered.
What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
There is no man, though never so little, but sometimes he can
hurt.
There is no man, though never so little, but sometimes he can
hurt.
