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I have cut my leg with my own adze.
I have cut my leg with my own adze.
The fox barks not when he would steal the lamb.
The fox barks not when he would steal the lamb.
Though you rise early, yet the day comes at his time, and not
till then.
Though you rise early, yet the day comes at his time, and not
till then.
He that would be well, needs not goe from his owne house.
He that would be well, needs not goe from his owne house.
Nature made the fields and man the cities.
Nature made the fields and man the cities.
One to destroy is murder by the law,
And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe;
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One to destroy is murder by the law,
And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe;
To murder thousands takes a specious name,
War's glorious art, and gives immortal fame.
Great things rush to the destruction of each other.
Great things rush to the destruction of each other.
Of all the griefs that harass the distress'd,
Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest;
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Of all the griefs that harass the distress'd,
Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest;
Fate never wounds more deep the generous heart,
Than when a blockhead's insult points the dart.
