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The bird that hath been limed in a bush
With trembling wing misdoubteth every bush.
The bird that hath been limed in a bush
With trembling wing misdoubteth every bush.
Sound conviction should influence us rather than public opinion.
Sound conviction should influence us rather than public opinion.
Hidden knowledge differs little from ignorance.
Hidden knowledge differs little from ignorance.
The groundsell speakes not save what it heard at the hinges.
The groundsell speakes not save what it heard at the hinges.
He that filches from me my good name
Robs me of that, which not enriches him,
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He that filches from me my good name
Robs me of that, which not enriches him,
And makes me poor indeed.
Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare,
And beauty draws us with a single hair.
Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare,
And beauty draws us with a single hair.
From my example learn to be just, and not to despise the gods.
From my example learn to be just, and not to despise the gods.
Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.
Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.
