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A childs service is little, yet hee is no little foole that
despiseth it.
A childs service is little, yet hee is no little foole that
despiseth it.
The rose is often found near the nettle.
The rose is often found near the nettle.
The smell of money is good, come whence it may. [Alluding to
Vespasian's tax on ordure.]
The smell of money is good, come whence it may. [Alluding to
Vespasian's tax on ordure.]
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.
Behold him in conceited circles sail,
Strutting and dancing and now planted stiff,
In all his pomp read more
Behold him in conceited circles sail,
Strutting and dancing and now planted stiff,
In all his pomp of pageantry, as if
He felt the eyes of Europe on his tail.
Impotent fury rages powerless and to no purpose.
Impotent fury rages powerless and to no purpose.
A little more than kin, and less than kind!
A little more than kin, and less than kind!
When the Foxe preacheth, beware geese.
When the Foxe preacheth, beware geese.
For man is man, and master of his fate.
For man is man, and master of his fate.
