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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 sun also shines on the wicked.
The sun also shines on the wicked.
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?
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.
'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.]
The world loves a spice of wickedness.
The world loves a spice of wickedness.
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.
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.