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Better a near neighbour than a distant cousin.
Better a near neighbour than a distant cousin.
The holydays of joy are the vigils of sorrow.
The holydays of joy are the vigils of sorrow.
O let not women's weapons, water-drops,
Stain my man's cheeks!
O let not women's weapons, water-drops,
Stain my man's cheeks!
As is the mother, so is her daughter.
As is the mother, so is her daughter.
Whom does undeserved honour please, and undeserved blame alarm,
but the base and the liar?
Whom does undeserved honour please, and undeserved blame alarm,
but the base and the liar?
Success in crime always invites to worse deeds.
Success in crime always invites to worse deeds.
But man, proud man,
Drest in a little brief authority,--
Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven
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But man, proud man,
Drest in a little brief authority,--
Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven
As make the angels weep.
Do not expect good from another's death.
Do not expect good from another's death.
