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A noble plant suites not with a stubborne ground.
A noble plant suites not with a stubborne ground.
Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.
Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.
Fidelity, purchased with money, money can destroy.
Fidelity, purchased with money, money can destroy.
One may smile, and smile, and be a villain.
One may smile, and smile, and be a villain.
Wee know not who lives or dies.
Wee know not who lives or dies.
But who alas! can love and then be wise?
But who alas! can love and then be wise?
Hee pays too deare for honey that licks it from thornes.
Hee pays too deare for honey that licks it from thornes.
Base envy withers at another's joy,
And hates that excellence it cannot reach.
Base envy withers at another's joy,
And hates that excellence it cannot reach.
An ill deede cannot bring honour.
An ill deede cannot bring honour.
