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Breed up a crow and he'll pick out your eyes.
Breed up a crow and he'll pick out your eyes.
Though little fire grows great with little wind,
Yet extreme gusts will blow out fire and all.
Though little fire grows great with little wind,
Yet extreme gusts will blow out fire and all.
If the staffe be crooked, the shadow cannot be straight.
If the staffe be crooked, the shadow cannot be straight.
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
Though the Mastiffe be gentile, yet bite him not by the lippe.
Though the Mastiffe be gentile, yet bite him not by the lippe.
It is not to be argued that the abuse of a thing proves that it
is useless.
It is not to be argued that the abuse of a thing proves that it
is useless.
Forgiveness to the injured does belong,
But they ne'er pardon who have done the wrong.
Forgiveness to the injured does belong,
But they ne'er pardon who have done the wrong.
The rust of the mind is the destruction of genius.
The rust of the mind is the destruction of genius.
