The act is judged of by the event.

The act is judged of by the event.

It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.

It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.

[A woman] fiercer than a cubless tigress.

[A woman] fiercer than a cubless tigress.

A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
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A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
A daw's not reckoned a religious bird
Because it keeps a-cawing from a steeple.

How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.

How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.

That least pleases us which is most urged on us.

That least pleases us which is most urged on us.

With his own weapon do I stab him.

With his own weapon do I stab him.

Folly growes without watering.

Folly growes without watering.

Let the force of arms give place to law and justice.

Let the force of arms give place to law and justice.