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Willowes are weak, yet they bind other wood.
Willowes are weak, yet they bind other wood.
The beast that goes alwaies never wants blowes.
The beast that goes alwaies never wants blowes.
What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
There is a method in man's wickedness:
It grows up by degrees.
There is a method in man's wickedness:
It grows up by degrees.
Every sin brings its punishment with it.
Every sin brings its punishment with it.
When anger rises, think of the consequences.
When anger rises, think of the consequences.
But he, whose humours spurn law's awful yoke,
Must herd with those, by whom law's bonds are broke.
But he, whose humours spurn law's awful yoke,
Must herd with those, by whom law's bonds are broke.
Let an ill man lie in thy straw, and he looks to be thy heire.
Let an ill man lie in thy straw, and he looks to be thy heire.
A fault is fostered by concealment.
A fault is fostered by concealment.