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Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.
Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.
The life of spies is to know, not bee known.
The life of spies is to know, not bee known.
The reasons of the poore weigh not.
The reasons of the poore weigh not.
A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.
A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.
Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.
Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.
He can give little to his servant, that lickes his knife.
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He can give little to his servant, that lickes his knife.
[He can give little to his servant that licks his knife.]
A bad man becomes worse when he apes a saint.
A bad man becomes worse when he apes a saint.
In the husband wisedome, in the wife gentlenesse.
In the husband wisedome, in the wife gentlenesse.
