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They condemn that which they cannot comprehend.
They condemn that which they cannot comprehend.
The hope of escaping with impunity is the greatest incentive to
vice.
The hope of escaping with impunity is the greatest incentive to
vice.
To be precocious
Was in her eyes a thing the most atrocious.
To be precocious
Was in her eyes a thing the most atrocious.
Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.
Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.
But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a read more
But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a harder task to prove--
By firm resolve to conquer love!
Idle folks have the most labour.
Idle folks have the most labour.
Leave not a sword in the hand of an idiot.
Leave not a sword in the hand of an idiot.
With the arm which won the victory he protects the vanquished.
With the arm which won the victory he protects the vanquished.
No one delights more in revenge than a woman.
No one delights more in revenge than a woman.
All wish for knowledge, but no one wishes to pay the price of it.
All wish for knowledge, but no one wishes to pay the price of it.
