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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.
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.
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.
No wickedness proceeds on any grounds of reason.
No wickedness proceeds on any grounds of reason.
One man's wickedness may easily become all men's curse.
One man's wickedness may easily become all men's curse.
'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.
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.]
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.
