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We believe not a liar, even when he is speaking the truth.
We believe not a liar, even when he is speaking the truth.
With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy.
With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy.
Amongst good men two men suffice.
Amongst good men two men suffice.
How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.
How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.
A man I knew who lived upon a smile,
And well it fed him; he look'd plump and fair,
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A man I knew who lived upon a smile,
And well it fed him; he look'd plump and fair,
While rankest venom foam'd through every vein.
He that lives most dies most.
He that lives most dies most.
He that will take the bird, must not skare it.
He that will take the bird, must not skare it.
The Jewes spend at Easter, the Moors at marriages, the Christians
in sutes.
The Jewes spend at Easter, the Moors at marriages, the Christians
in sutes.
Do not expect good from another's death.
Do not expect good from another's death.
