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The tempest threatens before it comes; houses creak before they
fall.
The tempest threatens before it comes; houses creak before they
fall.
It adds to the glory both of soule and body.
It adds to the glory both of soule and body.
Corne is cleaned with winde, and the soule with chastnings.
Corne is cleaned with winde, and the soule with chastnings.
Successful villany is called virtue.
Successful villany is called virtue.
Deceive not thy Physitian, Confessor, nor Lawyer.
Deceive not thy Physitian, Confessor, nor Lawyer.
A brute without a single redeeming point.
A brute without a single redeeming point.
What we hear strikes the mind with less force than what we see.
What we hear strikes the mind with less force than what we see.