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To pluck the vicious quitch
Of blood and custom wholly out of him,
And make all clean read more
To pluck the vicious quitch
Of blood and custom wholly out of him,
And make all clean and plant himself afresh.
'Tis an ill dog that deserves not a crust.
'Tis an ill dog that deserves not a crust.
Life's cares are comforts; such by heaven design'd
He that has none, must make them or be wretched.
Life's cares are comforts; such by heaven design'd
He that has none, must make them or be wretched.
He that steals an egge, will steal an oxe.
He that steals an egge, will steal an oxe.
Hope is the poore mans bread.
Hope is the poore mans bread.
To whirle the eyes too much shewes a Kites braine.
To whirle the eyes too much shewes a Kites braine.
Look you! I myself am nearest to myself.
Look you! I myself am nearest to myself.
From my example learn to be just, and not to despise the gods.
From my example learn to be just, and not to despise the gods.
The secret wound still lives within the breast.
[Lat., Tacitum vivit sub pectore vulnus.]
The secret wound still lives within the breast.
[Lat., Tacitum vivit sub pectore vulnus.]