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Let the blacksmith wear the chains he has himself made.
Let the blacksmith wear the chains he has himself made.
The heart of the wise in in the house of mourning, but the heart
of fools is in the read more
The heart of the wise in in the house of mourning, but the heart
of fools is in the house of mirth.
He that goes softly goes safely.
He that goes softly goes safely.
Though this may be play to you,
'Tis death to us.
Though this may be play to you,
'Tis death to us.
Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.
Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.
Extreme remedies are never the first to be resorted to.
Extreme remedies are never the first to be resorted to.
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?
There is no vice so simple, but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.
There is no vice so simple, but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.
