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To drink Falernian wine, the sweeter for being stolen.
To drink Falernian wine, the sweeter for being stolen.
The success of the wicked tempts many to sin.
The success of the wicked tempts many to sin.
Hee that burnes his house warmes himselfe for once.
Hee that burnes his house warmes himselfe for once.
It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.
It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.
When God is made the master of a family, he disorders the
disorderly.
When God is made the master of a family, he disorders the
disorderly.
The silent countenance often speaks with expressive eloquence.
The silent countenance often speaks with expressive eloquence.
The weakest goes to the wall.
The weakest goes to the wall.
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a
fall.
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a
fall.
He bristles with hair, like a sea-urchin or a hunted boar.
He bristles with hair, like a sea-urchin or a hunted boar.
