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The eagle suffers little birds to sing,
And is not careful what they mean thereby,
Knowing that read more
The eagle suffers little birds to sing,
And is not careful what they mean thereby,
Knowing that with the shadow of his wings
He can at pleasure stint their melody:
Even so mayest thou the giddy men of Rome.
A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.
Man Proposeth, God disposeth.
Man Proposeth, God disposeth.
Ill comes in by ells, and goes out by inches.
Ill comes in by ells, and goes out by inches.
That, which has not its alternation of rest, will not last long.
That, which has not its alternation of rest, will not last long.
What is the sin which is not
Sin in itself? Can circumstance make sin
Or virtue?
What is the sin which is not
Sin in itself? Can circumstance make sin
Or virtue?
He deliberately thrusts his silly head into the matrimonial
halter.
He deliberately thrusts his silly head into the matrimonial
halter.
There are a kind of men so loose of soul,
That in their sleeps will mutter their affairs.
There are a kind of men so loose of soul,
That in their sleeps will mutter their affairs.
