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Tell me, thou old man, worthy of a child's bauble.
Tell me, thou old man, worthy of a child's bauble.
What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
He invites the commission of a crime who does not forbid it, when
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He invites the commission of a crime who does not forbid it, when
it is in his power to do so.
Who will think that the gods can be insulted with impunity?
Who will think that the gods can be insulted with impunity?
Hee lookes not well to himselfe that lookes not ever.
Hee lookes not well to himselfe that lookes not ever.
For emulation hath a thousand sons
That one by one pursue.
For emulation hath a thousand sons
That one by one pursue.
Warre makes theeves, and peace hangs them.
Warre makes theeves, and peace hangs them.
He makes a solitude, and calls it peace.
He makes a solitude, and calls it peace.
Passion and strife bow down the mind.
Passion and strife bow down the mind.
