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Kings play the fool, and the people suffer for it.
Kings play the fool, and the people suffer for it.
Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.
Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.
Eloquence enough, but little wisdom.
Eloquence enough, but little wisdom.
It is no easy matter to say commonplace things in an original
way.
It is no easy matter to say commonplace things in an original
way.
Where it concerns himself,
Who's angry at a slander, makes it true.
Where it concerns himself,
Who's angry at a slander, makes it true.
When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest.
When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest.
As the sweet voice of a bird,
Heard by the lander in a lonely isle,
Moves him read more
As the sweet voice of a bird,
Heard by the lander in a lonely isle,
Moves him to think what kind of bird it is,
That sings so delicately clear, and make
Conjecture of the plumage and the form.
Cities seldome change Religion only.
Cities seldome change Religion only.
