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As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from
the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon read more
As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from
the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
An ill agreement is better then a good judgement.
[An ill agreement is better than a good judgment.]
An ill agreement is better then a good judgement.
[An ill agreement is better than a good judgment.]
Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome.
Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome.
If the staffe be crooked, the shadow cannot be straight.
If the staffe be crooked, the shadow cannot be straight.
Happier are the hands compast with yron, then a heart with
thoughts.
Happier are the hands compast with yron, then a heart with
thoughts.
An old man at school is a contemptible and ridiculous object.
An old man at school is a contemptible and ridiculous object.
All they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.
All they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.
God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arme.
God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arme.
