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In vain have you tried your father's arts, you slippery one.
In vain have you tried your father's arts, you slippery one.
Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.
Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.
A man that is warned is half armed.
A man that is warned is half armed.
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.
The ill that comes out of our mouth falles into our bosome.
The ill that comes out of our mouth falles into our bosome.
Get money, money still!
And then let virtue follow, if she will.
Get money, money still!
And then let virtue follow, if she will.
Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.
Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.
He threatens many that hath injured one.
He threatens many that hath injured one.
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
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Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
And some condemned for a fault alone.
