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Jest not with the eye or with Religion.
Jest not with the eye or with Religion.
Nature never says one thing, and science another.
Nature never says one thing, and science another.
A jade eates as much as a good horse.
A jade eates as much as a good horse.
Noble houskeepers neede no dores.
Noble houskeepers neede no dores.
One to destroy is murder by the law,
And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe;
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One to destroy is murder by the law,
And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe;
To murder thousands takes a specious name,
War's glorious art, and gives immortal fame.
The horse that drawes after him his halter, is not altogether
escaped.
The horse that drawes after him his halter, is not altogether
escaped.
But what avail'd this temperance, not complete
Against another object more enticing?
But what avail'd this temperance, not complete
Against another object more enticing?
In nothing do men so much resemble the gods as in giving help to
their fellow creatures.
In nothing do men so much resemble the gods as in giving help to
their fellow creatures.
A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools.
A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools.
