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When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest.
When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest.
Grief diminishes when it has nothing to grow upon.
Grief diminishes when it has nothing to grow upon.
What were vices have become the fashion of the day.
What were vices have become the fashion of the day.
A little fire is quickly trodden out;
Which, being suffer'd, rivers cannot quench.
A little fire is quickly trodden out;
Which, being suffer'd, rivers cannot quench.
No endeavour is in vain;
Its reward is in the doing.
No endeavour is in vain;
Its reward is in the doing.
The sure way to wickedness is through wickedness.
The sure way to wickedness is through wickedness.
The groundsell speakes not save what it heard at the hinges.
The groundsell speakes not save what it heard at the hinges.
'Tis said the lion will turn and flee
From a maid in the pride of her purity.
'Tis said the lion will turn and flee
From a maid in the pride of her purity.
