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Little pitchers have wide eares.
[Little pitchers have wide ears.]
Little pitchers have wide eares.
[Little pitchers have wide ears.]
All are presumed good, till they are found in a fault.
All are presumed good, till they are found in a fault.
Jest not with the eye or with Religion.
Jest not with the eye or with Religion.
Here I stand the perpetrator of the crime--turn then your sword
on me.
Here I stand the perpetrator of the crime--turn then your sword
on me.
He is not poore that hath little, but he that desireth much.
He is not poore that hath little, but he that desireth much.
There is no useful thing which may not be turned to an injurious
purpose.
There is no useful thing which may not be turned to an injurious
purpose.
It is not permitted that we should know everything.
It is not permitted that we should know everything.
Man's extremity is God's opportunity.
Man's extremity is God's opportunity.
Foul-spoken coward, that thunder'st with thy tongue,
And with thy weapon nothing dar'st perform.
Foul-spoken coward, that thunder'st with thy tongue,
And with thy weapon nothing dar'st perform.