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Our fears vanish as the danger approaches.
Our fears vanish as the danger approaches.
Religious questions have often led to wicked and impious actions.
Religious questions have often led to wicked and impious actions.
The way to good conduct is never too late.
The way to good conduct is never too late.
An envious man grows lean at another's fatness.
An envious man grows lean at another's fatness.
He that filches from me my good name
Robs me of that, which not enriches him,
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He that filches from me my good name
Robs me of that, which not enriches him,
And makes me poor indeed.
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a
fall.
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a
fall.
When a Lackey comes to hells doore, the devills locke the gates.
When a Lackey comes to hells doore, the devills locke the gates.
As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which
is without discretion.
As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which
is without discretion.
Despair of all recovery spoils longevity,
And makes men's miseries of alarming brevity.
Despair of all recovery spoils longevity,
And makes men's miseries of alarming brevity.
