From hence, let fierce contending nations know,
What dire effects from civil discord flow.

From hence, let fierce contending nations know,
What dire effects from civil discord flow.

Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.

Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.

The ends must justify the means.

The ends must justify the means.

Contentious fierce,
Ardent, and dire, spring from no petty cause.

Contentious fierce,
Ardent, and dire, spring from no petty cause.

The thorns which I have reap'd are of the tree
I planted--they have torn me--and I bleed!
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The thorns which I have reap'd are of the tree
I planted--they have torn me--and I bleed!
I should have known what fruit would spring from such a seed.

For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind:
it hath no stalk: the bud shall read more

For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind:
it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it
yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.

The pitcher goes so often to the fountain (that if gets broken).
[Sp., Tantas veces va el cantarillo a read more

The pitcher goes so often to the fountain (that if gets broken).
[Sp., Tantas veces va el cantarillo a la fuente.]

As you sow y' are like to reap.

As you sow y' are like to reap.

As thou sowest, so shalt thou reap.
[Sp., Ut sementem feceris, ita metes.]

As thou sowest, so shalt thou reap.
[Sp., Ut sementem feceris, ita metes.]