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Ourselves are to ourselves the cause of ill.
Ourselves are to ourselves the cause of ill.
Religious questions have often led to wicked and impious actions.
Religious questions have often led to wicked and impious actions.
To a good spender God is the Treasurer.
To a good spender God is the Treasurer.
There's nothing makes me so much grieve,
As that abominable tittle-tattle,
Which is the cud eschew'd by read more
There's nothing makes me so much grieve,
As that abominable tittle-tattle,
Which is the cud eschew'd by human cattle.
Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
Zealous in the commencement, careless in the end.
Righteousness exalteth a nation.
Righteousness exalteth a nation.
The Good are better made by Ill,
As odours crushed are sweeter still.
The Good are better made by Ill,
As odours crushed are sweeter still.
He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith.
He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith.
Do not waste bricks. (Waste your labor.)
[Lat., Ne laterum laves.]
Do not waste bricks. (Waste your labor.)
[Lat., Ne laterum laves.]