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Destroy his fib, or sophistry--in vain!
The creature's at his dirty work again.
Destroy his fib, or sophistry--in vain!
The creature's at his dirty work again.
All wickedness is but little to the wickedness of a woman.
All wickedness is but little to the wickedness of a woman.
It is a statistical fact that the wicked work harder to reach hell than the righteous do to enter heaven.
It is a statistical fact that the wicked work harder to reach hell than the righteous do to enter heaven.
Are you drawn forth among a world of men
To slay the innocent? What is my offense?
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Are you drawn forth among a world of men
To slay the innocent? What is my offense?
Where is the evidence that doth accuse me?
What lawful quest have given their verdict up
Unto the frowning judge? or who pronounced
The bitter sentence of poor Clarence's death
Before I be convict by course of law?
To threaten me with death is most unlawful:
I charge you, as you hope [to have redemption
By Christ's dear blood shed for our grievous sins,]
That you depart, and lay no hands on me.
The deed you undertake is damnable.
If you wouldst live long, live well, for folly and wickedness shorten life.
If you wouldst live long, live well, for folly and wickedness shorten life.
Keep five yards from a carriage, ten yards from a horse, and a hundred yards from an elephant; but the read more
Keep five yards from a carriage, ten yards from a horse, and a hundred yards from an elephant; but the distance one should keep from a wicked man cannot be measured.
No wickedness proceeds on any grounds of reason.
No wickedness proceeds on any grounds of reason.
There is a method in man's wickedness,
It grows up by degrees.
There is a method in man's wickedness,
It grows up by degrees.
It's so easy to be wicked without knowing it, isn't it?
It's so easy to be wicked without knowing it, isn't it?