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Knowledge is power.
Knowledge is power.
Alas, by what trivial causes is greatness overthrown!
Alas, by what trivial causes is greatness overthrown!
Hee that keepes his owne makes warre.
Hee that keepes his owne makes warre.
In life you lov'd me not, in death you bewaile me.
In life you lov'd me not, in death you bewaile me.
Life like an empty dream flits by.
Life like an empty dream flits by.
Who steals my purse steals trash; 'tis something, nothing.
'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands;
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Who steals my purse steals trash; 'tis something, nothing.
'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands;
But he that filches from me my good name
Robs me of that which not enriches him
And makes me poor indeed.
The Lyon is not so fierce as they paint him.
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The Lyon is not so fierce as they paint him.
[The lion is not so fierce as they paint him.]
Waight and measure take away strife.
Waight and measure take away strife.
