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 Every one who repeats it adds something to the scandal. [The 
rolling snow-ball.]  
 Every one who repeats it adds something to the scandal. [The 
rolling snow-ball.] 
Revenge is sweeter than life itself.
Revenge is sweeter than life itself.
Led on by impulse, and blind and ungovernable desires.
Led on by impulse, and blind and ungovernable desires.
They are safe in their number and their close array.
They are safe in their number and their close array.
The best of the sport is to doe the deede, and say nothing.
The best of the sport is to doe the deede, and say nothing.
The child is father of the man.
The child is father of the man.
Something must be allowed to custom.
Something must be allowed to custom.
 Hath not thy rose a canker, Somerset?
 Hath not thy rose a thorn, Plantagenet?  
 Hath not thy rose a canker, Somerset?
 Hath not thy rose a thorn, Plantagenet? 
A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom.
A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom.