THE CROW WISHED EVERYTHING WAS BLACK THE OWL THAT EVERYTHING WAS WHITE
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THE CROW WISHED EVERYTHING WAS BLACK THE OWL THAT EVERYTHING WAS WHITE
PRISONS ARE BUILT WITH STONES OF LAW BROTHELS WITH BRICKS OF RELIGION
LET MAN WEAR THE FELL OF THE LION WOMAN THE FLEECE OF THE SHEEP
IMPROVEMENT MAKES STRAIGHT ROADS BUT THE CROOKED ROADS WITHOUT IMPROVEMENT ARE ROADS OF GENIUS
BRING OUT NUMBER WEIGHT AND MEASURE IN A YEAR OF DEARTH
HE WHO HAS SUFFERED YOU TO IMPOSE ON HIM KNOWS YOU
AS THE PLOUGH FOLLOWS WORDS SO GOD REWARDS PRAYERS
THE MOST SUBLIME ACT IS TO SET ANOTHER BEFORE YOU
EXPECT POISON FROM THE STANDING WATER
ALL WHOLESOME FOOD IS CAUGHT WITHOUT A NET OR A TRAP
SHAME IS PRIDE'S CLOAK
EXPECT POISON FROM THE STANDING WATER
SOONER MURDER AN INFANT IN ITS CRADLE THAN NURSE UNACTED DESIRES
EVERY THING POSSIBLE TO BE BELIEVED IS AN IMAGE OF TRUTH
SHAME IS PRIDE'S CLOAK
TO CREATE A LITTLE FLOWER IS THE LABOUR OF AGES
PRUDENCE IS A RICH OLD UGLY MAID COURTED BY INCAPACITY
THE PRIDE OF THE PEACOCK IS THE GLORY OF GOD
YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT IS ENOUGH UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT IS MORE THAN ENOUGH
THE CUT WORM FORGIVES THE PLOUGH
BRING OUT NUMBER WEIGHT AND MEASURE IN A YEAR OF DEARTH
AS THE AIR TO A BIRD OR THE SEA TO A FISH SO IS CONTEMPT TO THE CONTEMPTIBLE
TRUTH CAN NEVER BE TOLD SO AS TO BE UNDERSTOOD AND NOT BE BELIEVED
THE SELFISH SMILING FOOL AND THE SULLEN FROWNING FOOL SHALL BE BOTH THOUGHT WISE THAT THEY MAY BE A ROD
THE PRIDE OF THE PEACOCK IS THE GLORY OF GOD
WHERE MAN IS NOT NATURE IS BARREN
THE CUT WORM FORGIVES THE PLOUGH
PRISONS ARE BUILT WITH STONES OF LAW BROTHELS WITH BRICKS OF RELIGION
THE NAKEDNESS OF WOMAN IS THE WORK OF GOD