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Small minds are captivated by trifles.
Small minds are captivated by trifles.
The Queen, who sat
With lips severely placid felt the knot
Climb in her throat, and with read more
The Queen, who sat
With lips severely placid felt the knot
Climb in her throat, and with her feet unseen
Crushed the wild passion out against the floor.
Caesar's wife should be above suspicion.
Caesar's wife should be above suspicion.
The sonne full and tattered, the daughter empty and fine.
The sonne full and tattered, the daughter empty and fine.
Everybody's business is nobody's business.
Everybody's business is nobody's business.
And there is a worm in the lonely wood,
That pierces the liver and blackens the blood,
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And there is a worm in the lonely wood,
That pierces the liver and blackens the blood,
And makes it a sorrow to be.
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without
merit and lost without deserving.
Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without
merit and lost without deserving.
A well-bred youth neither speakes of himselfe, nor being spoken
to is silent.
A well-bred youth neither speakes of himselfe, nor being spoken
to is silent.