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Thou wear a lion's hide! doff it for shame,
And hang a calf's skin on those recreant limbs.
Thou wear a lion's hide! doff it for shame,
And hang a calf's skin on those recreant limbs.
The sense of death is most in apprehension,
And the poor beetle that we tread upon
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The sense of death is most in apprehension,
And the poor beetle that we tread upon
In corporal sufferance finds a pang as great
As when a giant dies.
He that hath no good trade, it is to his losse.
He that hath no good trade, it is to his losse.
He must of necessity fear many whom many fear.
He must of necessity fear many whom many fear.
God keep me from false friends!
God keep me from false friends!
Knowledge makes one laugh, but wealth makes one dance.
Knowledge makes one laugh, but wealth makes one dance.
The brightest of all things, the sun, hath its spots.
The brightest of all things, the sun, hath its spots.
Not to create confusion in what is clear, but to throw light on
what is obscure.
Not to create confusion in what is clear, but to throw light on
what is obscure.
