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Better do nothing than do ill.
Better do nothing than do ill.
The love of popularity holds you in a vice.
The love of popularity holds you in a vice.
Every sin brings its punishment with it.
Every sin brings its punishment with it.
He that takes not up a pin, slights his wife.
He that takes not up a pin, slights his wife.
Power call achieve more by gentle means than by violence.
Power call achieve more by gentle means than by violence.
Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves.
[Lat., Saepe intereunt aliis meditantes necem.]
Those who plot the destruction of others often fall themselves.
[Lat., Saepe intereunt aliis meditantes necem.]
Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.
Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.
'Tis pleasant to stand on shore and watch others labouring in a
stormy sea.
'Tis pleasant to stand on shore and watch others labouring in a
stormy sea.
Great king,
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.
Great king,
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.
