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An ill wound is cured, not an ill name.
An ill wound is cured, not an ill name.
He invites the commission of a crime who does not forbid it, when
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He invites the commission of a crime who does not forbid it, when
it is in his power to do so.
Impotent fury rages powerless and to no purpose.
Impotent fury rages powerless and to no purpose.
Hath not thy rose a canker, Somerset?
Hath not thy rose a thorn, Plantagenet?
Hath not thy rose a canker, Somerset?
Hath not thy rose a thorn, Plantagenet?
If thou thy selfe canst doe it, attend no others helpe or hand.
If thou thy selfe canst doe it, attend no others helpe or hand.
For well-dowered wife, credit, friends, birth and beauty,
all-powerful money gives them all.
For well-dowered wife, credit, friends, birth and beauty,
all-powerful money gives them all.
Can heavenly breasts such stormy passions feel?
Can heavenly breasts such stormy passions feel?
Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!
Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!
In spending lies the advantage.
In spending lies the advantage.