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Every one who repeats it adds something to the scandal. [The
rolling snow-ball.]
Every one who repeats it adds something to the scandal. [The
rolling snow-ball.]
'Tis godlike to have power, but not to kill.
'Tis godlike to have power, but not to kill.
Who hath no hast in his businesse, mountaines to him seeme
valleys.
Who hath no hast in his businesse, mountaines to him seeme
valleys.
It is an honourable thing to be merciful to the vanquished.
It is an honourable thing to be merciful to the vanquished.
Honour and profit lie not in one sacke.
Honour and profit lie not in one sacke.
Hee is not free that drawes his chaine.
Hee is not free that drawes his chaine.
He makes no friend who never made a foe.
He makes no friend who never made a foe.
What is now an act of reason, was but blind impulse.
What is now an act of reason, was but blind impulse.
I gave the mouse a hole, and she is become my heire.
I gave the mouse a hole, and she is become my heire.