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Pardons and pleasantnesse are great revenges of slanders.
Pardons and pleasantnesse are great revenges of slanders.
By doing nothing we learne to do ill.
By doing nothing we learne to do ill.
The day is short, the work is much.
The day is short, the work is much.
The descent to the infernal regions is easy enough, but to
retrace one's steps, and reach the air above, read more
The descent to the infernal regions is easy enough, but to
retrace one's steps, and reach the air above, there's the rub.
Punishment is lame, but it comes.
Punishment is lame, but it comes.
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock,
and it shall be opened unto read more
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock,
and it shall be opened unto you:
For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth;
and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
A great fortune enslaves its owner.
A great fortune enslaves its owner.
No work is of such merit as to instruct from a mere cursory
perusal.
No work is of such merit as to instruct from a mere cursory
perusal.
Bee not a Baker, if your head be of butter.
Bee not a Baker, if your head be of butter.
