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No might nor greatness in mortality
Can censure 'scape; back-wounding calumny
The whitest virtue strikes. What king read more
No might nor greatness in mortality
Can censure 'scape; back-wounding calumny
The whitest virtue strikes. What king so strong
Can tie the gall up in the slanderous tongue?
Make good use of your time, it flies fast.
Make good use of your time, it flies fast.
O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil.
O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil.
That is not good language which all understand not.
That is not good language which all understand not.
You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a
grief in store for yourself.]
You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a
grief in store for yourself.]
Punishment follows close on the heels of crime.
Punishment follows close on the heels of crime.
Manie things are lost for want of asking.
Manie things are lost for want of asking.
Better fed than taught.
Better fed than taught.
It's good walking with a horse in ones hand.
It's good walking with a horse in ones hand.
