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Great actions are not always true sons
Of great and mighty resolutions.
Great actions are not always true sons
Of great and mighty resolutions.
To be precocious
Was in her eyes a thing the most atrocious.
To be precocious
Was in her eyes a thing the most atrocious.
Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
An ill deede cannot bring honour.
An ill deede cannot bring honour.
Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold,
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Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold,
And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks;
Arm it in rags, a pygmy's straw does pierce it.
The judge is condemned when the guilty is acquitted.
[Lat., Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur.]
The judge is condemned when the guilty is acquitted.
[Lat., Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur.]
Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.
Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.
From my example learn to be just, and not to despise the gods.
From my example learn to be just, and not to despise the gods.
If a good man thrive, all thrive with him.
If a good man thrive, all thrive with him.
