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This is no time for staring about.
This is no time for staring about.
Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind!
The thief doth fear each bush an officer.
Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind!
The thief doth fear each bush an officer.
He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.
He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.
Every man makes a god of his own desire.
Every man makes a god of his own desire.
Fire is next akin to smoke.
Fire is next akin to smoke.
As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from
the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon read more
As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from
the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
Hee that hath one hogge makes him fat, and hee that hath one son
makes him a foole.
Hee that hath one hogge makes him fat, and hee that hath one son
makes him a foole.
Be stirring as the time, be fire with fire;
Threaten the threat'ner, and outface the brow
Of read more
Be stirring as the time, be fire with fire;
Threaten the threat'ner, and outface the brow
Of bragging horror.
If fooles should not foole it, they shall lose their season.
If fooles should not foole it, they shall lose their season.
