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Conscience, the executioner, shaking her secret scourge.
Conscience, the executioner, shaking her secret scourge.
It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.
It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.
Better fed than taught.
Better fed than taught.
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
It's better to be head of a Lyzard, then the tayle of a Lyon.
It's better to be head of a Lyzard, then the tayle of a Lyon.
To the inexperienced it is a pleasant thing to court the favour
of the great; an experienced man fears read more
To the inexperienced it is a pleasant thing to court the favour
of the great; an experienced man fears it.
O, what may man within him hide,
Though angel on the outward side!
O, what may man within him hide,
Though angel on the outward side!
Which he by hook or crook has gather'd
And by his own inventions father'd.
Which he by hook or crook has gather'd
And by his own inventions father'd.
