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Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape
calumny.
Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape
calumny.
To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free,
These are imperial arts.
To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free,
These are imperial arts.
A fool's wild speech confounds the wise.
A fool's wild speech confounds the wise.
Nature drawes more then ten teemes.
Nature drawes more then ten teemes.
Hee is a foole that thinks not that another thinks.
Hee is a foole that thinks not that another thinks.
After a bad harvest sow again. [Yield not to difficulties.]
After a bad harvest sow again. [Yield not to difficulties.]
This oiled and curled Assyrian bull,
Smelling of musk and of insolence.
This oiled and curled Assyrian bull,
Smelling of musk and of insolence.
All men have more consideration for themselves than for others.
All men have more consideration for themselves than for others.
Though I am not naturally honest, I am so sometimes by chance.
Though I am not naturally honest, I am so sometimes by chance.