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How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds
Makes ill deeds done.
How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds
Makes ill deeds done.
Mention not a halter in the house of him that was hanged.
Mention not a halter in the house of him that was hanged.
Govern your temper, which will rule you unless kept in
subjection.
Govern your temper, which will rule you unless kept in
subjection.
A mind conscious of its own rectitude.
[Lat., Mens sibi conscia recti.]
A mind conscious of its own rectitude.
[Lat., Mens sibi conscia recti.]
Make hast to an ill way that you may get out of it.
Make hast to an ill way that you may get out of it.
Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft.
Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft.
Tears ready to do duty at a minute's notice.
Tears ready to do duty at a minute's notice.
Corne is cleaned with winde, and the soule with chastnings.
Corne is cleaned with winde, and the soule with chastnings.
If the fish had not opened its mouth, it would not have been
caught.
If the fish had not opened its mouth, it would not have been
caught.