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No one can keep a mask on long.
No one can keep a mask on long.
One man excels in eloquence, another in arms.
One man excels in eloquence, another in arms.
Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason?
Why if it prosper, none dare call it treason.
Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason?
Why if it prosper, none dare call it treason.
With what knot shall I bind this Proteus, who is ever shifting
his ground?
With what knot shall I bind this Proteus, who is ever shifting
his ground?
Some things are good, some middling, more bad.
Some things are good, some middling, more bad.
He that staies does the businesse.
He that staies does the businesse.
Even the good Homer is sometimes caught napping.
Even the good Homer is sometimes caught napping.
It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave
fault to speak of matters read more
It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave
fault to speak of matters on which we should be silent.
All things deteriorate in time.
All things deteriorate in time.
