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To ask that which is unjust at the hands of the just, is an
injustice in itself; to expect read more
To ask that which is unjust at the hands of the just, is an
injustice in itself; to expect that which is just from the
unjust, is simple folly.
Wind puffs up empty bladders; opinion, fools.
Wind puffs up empty bladders; opinion, fools.
'Tis very certain the desire of life
Prolongs it.
'Tis very certain the desire of life
Prolongs it.
She can change her
Mind like the wind: whatever she has said
Or done, is light to read more
She can change her
Mind like the wind: whatever she has said
Or done, is light to what she'll say or do.
A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
A read more
A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
A daw's not reckoned a religious bird
Because it keeps a-cawing from a steeple.
The honied tongue hath its poison.
The honied tongue hath its poison.
No day so clear but hath dark clouds.
No day so clear but hath dark clouds.
In great pedigrees there are Governours and Chandlers.
In great pedigrees there are Governours and Chandlers.
The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.
The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.
