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A noble plant suites not with a stubborne ground.
A noble plant suites not with a stubborne ground.
Happy is he who can trace effects to their causes.
Happy is he who can trace effects to their causes.
He has no other recommendation, save an assumed and crafty
solemnity of demeanour.
He has no other recommendation, save an assumed and crafty
solemnity of demeanour.
That which we are not permitted to have we delight in; that which
we can have is disregarded.
That which we are not permitted to have we delight in; that which
we can have is disregarded.
One can ever assume to be what he is not, and to conceal what he
is.
One can ever assume to be what he is not, and to conceal what he
is.
When war begins, then hell openeth.
When war begins, then hell openeth.
The sure way to wickedness is through wickedness.
The sure way to wickedness is through wickedness.
On painting and fighting looke aloofe.
On painting and fighting looke aloofe.
How fallen, how changed
From him, who, in the happy realms of light,
Clothed with transcendent brightness, read more
How fallen, how changed
From him, who, in the happy realms of light,
Clothed with transcendent brightness, didst outshine
Myriads, though bright.