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All wickedness is but little to the wickedness of a woman.
All wickedness is but little to the wickedness of a woman.
 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. 
 Oh, the blind counsels of the guilty!
 Oh, how cowardly is wickedness always!
  [Lat., O caeca nocentum read more 
 Oh, the blind counsels of the guilty!
 Oh, how cowardly is wickedness always!
  [Lat., O caeca nocentum consilia!
   O semper timidum scelus!] 
 Two starving men cannot be twice as hungry as one; but two 
rascals can be ten times as vicious read more 
 Two starving men cannot be twice as hungry as one; but two 
rascals can be ten times as vicious as one. 
The giving of riches and honors to a wicked man is like giving strong wine to him that hath a read more
The giving of riches and honors to a wicked man is like giving strong wine to him that hath a fever.
 Mental stains can not be removed by time, nor washed away by any 
waters.
 [Lat., Animi labes nec read more 
 Mental stains can not be removed by time, nor washed away by any 
waters.
 [Lat., Animi labes nec diuturnitate vanescere nec omnibus ullis 
elui potest.] 
 'Cause I's wicked,--I is. I's mighty wicked, anyhow, I can't help 
it.  
 'Cause I's wicked,--I is. I's mighty wicked, anyhow, I can't help 
it. 
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.
 The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold 
as a lion.  
 The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold 
as a lion.