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The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on.
The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on.
Kings play the fool, and the people suffer for it.
Kings play the fool, and the people suffer for it.
Better a bare foote then none.
[Better a barefoot than none.]
Better a bare foote then none.
[Better a barefoot than none.]
He who wishes to injure another, will soon find a pretext.
He who wishes to injure another, will soon find a pretext.
The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together;
our virtues would be proud read more
The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together;
our virtues would be proud if our faults whipped them not, and
our crimes would despair if they were not cherished by our
virtues.
Mutually giving and receiving aid,
They set each other off, like light and shade.
Mutually giving and receiving aid,
They set each other off, like light and shade.
Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day
Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain-tops.
Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day
Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain-tops.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
Curtesie on one side only lasts not long.
Curtesie on one side only lasts not long.
