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Hee that hath one hogge makes him fat, and hee that hath one son
makes him a foole.
Hee that hath one hogge makes him fat, and hee that hath one son
makes him a foole.
Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things.
Words are men's daughters, but God's sons are things.
Let justice be done, though the heavens fall.
[Lat., Fiat justitia, ruat coelum.]
Let justice be done, though the heavens fall.
[Lat., Fiat justitia, ruat coelum.]
No fortune is so good but that you may find something to grumble
about.
No fortune is so good but that you may find something to grumble
about.
And thus I clothe my naked villany
With old odd ends, stol'n out of holy writ,
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And thus I clothe my naked villany
With old odd ends, stol'n out of holy writ,
And seem a saint when most I play the devil.
And wer't not madness then
To make the fox surveyor of the fold.
And wer't not madness then
To make the fox surveyor of the fold.
Unless the vessel be pure, everything which is poured into it
will turn sour.
Unless the vessel be pure, everything which is poured into it
will turn sour.
No wise man has called a change of opinion in constancy.
No wise man has called a change of opinion in constancy.
The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.
The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.