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When all men have what belongs to them, it cannot bee much.
When all men have what belongs to them, it cannot bee much.
The child is father of the man.
The child is father of the man.
Neither shall the wave, which has passed on, ever be recalled;
nor can the hour, which has once fled read more
Neither shall the wave, which has passed on, ever be recalled;
nor can the hour, which has once fled by, return again.
As the yellow gold is tried in the fire, so is sincerity tested
in adversity.
As the yellow gold is tried in the fire, so is sincerity tested
in adversity.
The more my wrong, the more his spite appears.
The more my wrong, the more his spite appears.
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?
Fire that's closest kept burns most of all.
Fire that's closest kept burns most of all.
A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.
A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.
