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Though they don't want to kill anybody, they like to have the
power to do so.
Though they don't want to kill anybody, they like to have the
power to do so.
How many cowards whose hearts are all as false
As stairs of sand, wear yet upon their chins
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How many cowards whose hearts are all as false
As stairs of sand, wear yet upon their chins
The beards of Hercules and frowning Mars,
Who inward searched, have livers white as milk!
More have repented speech then silence.
[More have repented speech than silence.]
More have repented speech then silence.
[More have repented speech than silence.]
He who is most on his guard is often himself taken in.
He who is most on his guard is often himself taken in.
A sinful heart makes feeble hand.
A sinful heart makes feeble hand.
Little pitchers have wide eares.
[Little pitchers have wide ears.]
Little pitchers have wide eares.
[Little pitchers have wide ears.]
Of all the griefs that harass the distress'd,
Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest;
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Of all the griefs that harass the distress'd,
Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest;
Fate never wounds more deep the generous heart,
Than when a blockhead's insult points the dart.
Let not our proposal be disregarded on the score of our youth.
Let not our proposal be disregarded on the score of our youth.
He that can make a fire well, can end a quarrell.
He that can make a fire well, can end a quarrell.
