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In every age and clime we see,
Two of a trade can ne'er agree.
In every age and clime we see,
Two of a trade can ne'er agree.
All seems infected that th' infected spy,
As all looks yellow to the jaundiced eye.
All seems infected that th' infected spy,
As all looks yellow to the jaundiced eye.
You began better than you have finished; the last act is not
equal to the first.
You began better than you have finished; the last act is not
equal to the first.
No might nor greatness in mortality
Can censure 'scape; back-wounding calumny
The whitest virtue strikes. What king read more
No might nor greatness in mortality
Can censure 'scape; back-wounding calumny
The whitest virtue strikes. What king so strong
Can tie the gall up in the slanderous tongue?
The eye will have his part.
The eye will have his part.
For no one cares for matrimonial cooings,
There's nothing wrong in a connubial kiss.
For no one cares for matrimonial cooings,
There's nothing wrong in a connubial kiss.
All are presumed good, till they are found in a fault.
All are presumed good, till they are found in a fault.
It is but the weak and little mind that rejoices in revenge.
It is but the weak and little mind that rejoices in revenge.
Valour that parlies is neare yeelding.
Valour that parlies is neare yeelding.
