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The chiefe disease that raignes this yeare is folly.
The chiefe disease that raignes this yeare is folly.
We must every one be a man of his own fancy.
We must every one be a man of his own fancy.
Successful villany is called virtue.
Successful villany is called virtue.
The eagle suffers little birds to sing,
And is not careful what they mean thereby.
The eagle suffers little birds to sing,
And is not careful what they mean thereby.
Felds hath eyen, and wode have eres.
Felds hath eyen, and wode have eres.
In doing nothing men learn to do evil.
In doing nothing men learn to do evil.
What's gone, and what's past help,
Should be past grieve.
What's gone, and what's past help,
Should be past grieve.
. . . it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
. . . it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
