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One murder made a villain,
Millions a hero.
One murder made a villain,
Millions a hero.
Nothing is more audacious than these women when detected; they
assume anger, and take courage from the very crime read more
Nothing is more audacious than these women when detected; they
assume anger, and take courage from the very crime itself.
He that cockers his child, provides for his enemie.
He that cockers his child, provides for his enemie.
Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall.
Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall.
Try your skill in gilt first, and then in gold.
Try your skill in gilt first, and then in gold.
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
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Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
And some condemned for a fault alone.
But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.
But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.
Weeds are shallow-rooted,
Suffer them now, and they'll o'ergrow the garden,
And choke the herbs for want read more
Weeds are shallow-rooted,
Suffer them now, and they'll o'ergrow the garden,
And choke the herbs for want of husbandry.
