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Kings play the fool, and the people suffer for it.
Kings play the fool, and the people suffer for it.
Take heede of an oxe before, of an horse behind, of a monke on
all sides.
Take heede of an oxe before, of an horse behind, of a monke on
all sides.
Mad desire, when it has the most, longs for more.
Mad desire, when it has the most, longs for more.
Novelty in all things is charming.
Novelty in all things is charming.
Gold! gold! gold! gold!
Bright and yellow, hard and cold!
Gold! gold! gold! gold!
Bright and yellow, hard and cold!
Warre makes theeves, and peace hangs them.
Warre makes theeves, and peace hangs them.
Her pretty action did outsell her gift,
And yet enriched it too. She gave it me and said
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Her pretty action did outsell her gift,
And yet enriched it too. She gave it me and said
She prized it once.
Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions than ruined
by too confident a security.
Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions than ruined
by too confident a security.
It is well not to lend too easy an ear to accusations.
It is well not to lend too easy an ear to accusations.
