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Care must be taken that the punishment does not exceed the
offence.
Care must be taken that the punishment does not exceed the
offence.
To be precocious
Was in her eyes a thing the most atrocious.
To be precocious
Was in her eyes a thing the most atrocious.
O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil.
O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil.
Whose nature is so far from doing harms,
That he suspects none.
Whose nature is so far from doing harms,
That he suspects none.
When God will, no winde but brings raine.
When God will, no winde but brings raine.
By looking at squinting people you learn to squint.
By looking at squinting people you learn to squint.
Some men plant an opinion they seem to erradicate.
Some men plant an opinion they seem to erradicate.
We have not wings, we cannot soar,
But we have feet to scale and climb
By slow read more
We have not wings, we cannot soar,
But we have feet to scale and climb
By slow degrees, by more and more,
The cloudy summits of our time.
