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He who will not grant a favour has no right to ask one.
He who will not grant a favour has no right to ask one.
Custom is second nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo est secunda natura.]
Custom is second nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo est secunda natura.]
If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe.
If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe.
It's a poore stake that cannot stand one yeare in the ground.
It's a poore stake that cannot stand one yeare in the ground.
He is praised by some, blamed by others.
He is praised by some, blamed by others.
That, like an eagle in a dovecote, I
Fluttered your Volscians in Corioles.
That, like an eagle in a dovecote, I
Fluttered your Volscians in Corioles.
Hee that keepes his owne makes warre.
Hee that keepes his owne makes warre.
'Tis godlike to have power, but not to kill.
'Tis godlike to have power, but not to kill.
In avoiding one vice fools rush into the opposite extreme.
In avoiding one vice fools rush into the opposite extreme.