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None is offended but by himselfe.
None is offended but by himselfe.
Truth and oyle are ever above.
Truth and oyle are ever above.
The Bathe of the Blackamoor hath sworne not to whiten.
The Bathe of the Blackamoor hath sworne not to whiten.
They will swear black is white.
They will swear black is white.
One gets a cross for his crime, the other a crown.
One gets a cross for his crime, the other a crown.
What lies concealed is unknown; there can be no desire for what
is not known.
What lies concealed is unknown; there can be no desire for what
is not known.
As the honey of Hybla, my old lad of the castle--and is not a
buff jerkin in a most read more
As the honey of Hybla, my old lad of the castle--and is not a
buff jerkin in a most sweet robe of durance?
Loveliness
Needs not the foreign aid of ornament,
But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most.
Loveliness
Needs not the foreign aid of ornament,
But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most.
He that commits a fault, thinkes every one speakes of it.
He that commits a fault, thinkes every one speakes of it.
