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Scribblers are a self-conceited and self-worshipping race.
Scribblers are a self-conceited and self-worshipping race.
Though old and wise, yet still advise.
Though old and wise, yet still advise.
Old men, when they scorne young, make much of death.
Old men, when they scorne young, make much of death.
So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
Lay her in the earth,
And from her fair and unpolluted flesh
May violets spring.
Lay her in the earth,
And from her fair and unpolluted flesh
May violets spring.
Hee that lives well is learned enough.
Hee that lives well is learned enough.
How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
[Lat., Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent!]
How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
[Lat., Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent!]
Those griefs burn most which gall in secret.
Those griefs burn most which gall in secret.
