One science only will one genius fit,
So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

One science only will one genius fit,
So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.

Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.

To a crazy ship all winds are contrary.

To a crazy ship all winds are contrary.

What is the sin which is not
Sin in itself? Can circumstance make sin
Or virtue?

What is the sin which is not
Sin in itself? Can circumstance make sin
Or virtue?

He that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.

He that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.

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.

Something must be allowed to custom.

Something must be allowed to custom.

A true friend is tested in adversity.

A true friend is tested in adversity.

Lay her in the earth,
And from her fair and unpolluted flesh
May violets spring.

Lay her in the earth,
And from her fair and unpolluted flesh
May violets spring.