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On painting and fighting looke aloofe.
On painting and fighting looke aloofe.
The Good are better made by Ill,
As odours crushed are sweeter still.
The Good are better made by Ill,
As odours crushed are sweeter still.
So many men in Court and so many strangers.
So many men in Court and so many strangers.
O I have lost my reputation! I have lost the immortal part, sir,
of myself, and what remains is read more
O I have lost my reputation! I have lost the immortal part, sir,
of myself, and what remains is bestial.
The vulgar follow Fortune's glances.
The vulgar follow Fortune's glances.
There is no law more just, than that he, who plots death, should
perish by his own craft.
There is no law more just, than that he, who plots death, should
perish by his own craft.
Though the Mastiffe be gentile, yet bite him not by the lippe.
Though the Mastiffe be gentile, yet bite him not by the lippe.
If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.
If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.
