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God sends meat, and the Devil sends cooks.
God sends meat, and the Devil sends cooks.
No one should be judge in his own cause.
No one should be judge in his own cause.
That which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not.
That which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not.
Believe Robert who has tried it.
[Lat., Experto crede Roberto.]
Believe Robert who has tried it.
[Lat., Experto crede Roberto.]
The hope of escaping with impunity is the greatest incentive to
vice.
The hope of escaping with impunity is the greatest incentive to
vice.
Get what start the sinner may, Retribution, for all her lame leg,
never quits his track.
Get what start the sinner may, Retribution, for all her lame leg,
never quits his track.
Heir follows heir, as wave succeeds to wave.
Heir follows heir, as wave succeeds to wave.
Thursday come, and the week's gone.
Thursday come, and the week's gone.
Whether shall the Oxe goe, where he shall not labour?
Whether shall the Oxe goe, where he shall not labour?
