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An envious man grows lean at another's fatness.
An envious man grows lean at another's fatness.
And thus I clothe my naked villany
With old odd ends, stol'n out of holy writ,
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And thus I clothe my naked villany
With old odd ends, stol'n out of holy writ,
And seem a saint when most I play the devil.
Which of these two is the greater fool?
Which of these two is the greater fool?
A great fortune enslaves its owner.
A great fortune enslaves its owner.
To gaine teacheth how to spend.
To gaine teacheth how to spend.
Those who plot the destruction of others often perish in the
attempt.
Those who plot the destruction of others often perish in the
attempt.
Their own death accompanies the wound they inflict.
Their own death accompanies the wound they inflict.
Man is to man a god or a wolf.
Man is to man a god or a wolf.
