A scab'd horse cannot abide the comb. - George Herbert

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No matter how corrupt and unjust a convict may be, he loves fairness more than anything else. If the people placed over him are unfair, from year to year he lapses into an embittered state characterized by an extreme lack of faith.

George Herbert

A scab'd horse cannot abide the comb.

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Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night.

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A discontented man knowes not where to sit easie.

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He that commits a fault, thinkes every one speakes of it. [He that commits a fault thinks everyone speaks of it. ]

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Thou who hast given so much to me, give me one more thing. . . a grateful heart!

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