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Old men, when they scorne young, make much of death.
Old men, when they scorne young, make much of death.
Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.
Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.
So many men in Court and so many strangers.
So many men in Court and so many strangers.
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.
The generous heart
Should scorn a pleasure which gives others pain.
The generous heart
Should scorn a pleasure which gives others pain.
What we can have as a matter of course, is not valued; what is
denied we eagerly covet.
What we can have as a matter of course, is not valued; what is
denied we eagerly covet.
Who remove stones, bruise their fingers.
Who remove stones, bruise their fingers.
The child saies nothing, but what it heard by the fire.
The child saies nothing, but what it heard by the fire.
O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil.
O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil.
