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He who profits by a crime, commits it.
He who profits by a crime, commits it.
If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe.
If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe.
Our fears vanish as the danger approaches.
Our fears vanish as the danger approaches.
He that hath love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides.
He that hath love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides.
Diseases, desperate grown,
By desperate appliance are reliev'd,
Or not at all.
Diseases, desperate grown,
By desperate appliance are reliev'd,
Or not at all.
Unless the vessel be pure, everything which is poured into it
will turn sour.
Unless the vessel be pure, everything which is poured into it
will turn sour.
Manie things are lost for want of asking.
Manie things are lost for want of asking.
'Tis too much proved,--that with devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.
'Tis too much proved,--that with devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.
Hee that would bee well old, must bee old betimes.
Hee that would bee well old, must bee old betimes.