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A fair face may make a foul bargain.
A fair face may make a foul bargain.
Foes, friends, men, women, now are nought to me
But dreams of what has been, no more to be.
Foes, friends, men, women, now are nought to me
But dreams of what has been, no more to be.
Whom does undeserved honour please, and undeserved blame alarm,
but the base and the liar?
Whom does undeserved honour please, and undeserved blame alarm,
but the base and the liar?
Honourable peace becomes men, fierce anger should belong to
beasts.
Honourable peace becomes men, fierce anger should belong to
beasts.
The river past, and God forgotten.
The river past, and God forgotten.
Which of these two is the greater fool?
Which of these two is the greater fool?
Woes cluster; rare are solitary woes;
They love a train, they tread each other's heel.
Woes cluster; rare are solitary woes;
They love a train, they tread each other's heel.
Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
