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But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.
But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.
Two heads are better than one.
Two heads are better than one.
Be not ashamed to have had wild days, but not to have sown your
wild oats.
Be not ashamed to have had wild days, but not to have sown your
wild oats.
An ill labourer quarrells with his tooles.
An ill labourer quarrells with his tooles.
The sharper is the berry, the sweeter is the wine.
The sharper is the berry, the sweeter is the wine.
By penitence th' Eternal's wrath's appeas'd.
By penitence th' Eternal's wrath's appeas'd.
The wife is the key of the house.
The wife is the key of the house.
Ourselves are to ourselves the cause of ill.
Ourselves are to ourselves the cause of ill.
