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Though I am not naturally honest, I am so sometimes by chance.
Though I am not naturally honest, I am so sometimes by chance.
Crime requires further crime to conceal it.
Crime requires further crime to conceal it.
And from his ashes may be made
The violet of his native land.
And from his ashes may be made
The violet of his native land.
An angelic boyhood becomes a Satanic old age.
[Lat., Angelicus juvenis senibus satanizat in annis.]
An angelic boyhood becomes a Satanic old age.
[Lat., Angelicus juvenis senibus satanizat in annis.]
Change but the name, and you are the subject of the story.
Change but the name, and you are the subject of the story.
He whom the gods love dies young, whilst he is full of health,
perception, and judgment.
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He whom the gods love dies young, whilst he is full of health,
perception, and judgment.
[Lat., Quem dii diligunt,
Adolescens moritur, dum valet, sentit, sapit.]
The success of the wicked tempts many to sin.
The success of the wicked tempts many to sin.
He that doth what he should not, shall feele what he would not.
He that doth what he should not, shall feele what he would not.
This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
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This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
With some rhyme, rotten sentence, or old saying,
Such spokes as ye ancient of ye parish use.
