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Let the straight-limbed laugh at the club-footed, the white
skinned at the blackamoor.
Let the straight-limbed laugh at the club-footed, the white
skinned at the blackamoor.
By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
To pluck the vicious quitch
Of blood and custom wholly out of him,
And make all clean read more
To pluck the vicious quitch
Of blood and custom wholly out of him,
And make all clean and plant himself afresh.
You must endure, and not cry out against that which cannot be
avoided.
You must endure, and not cry out against that which cannot be
avoided.
Warre and Physicke are governed by the eye.
Warre and Physicke are governed by the eye.
Yeeres know more then bookes.
Yeeres know more then bookes.
Give a man enough rope and he'll hang himself.
Give a man enough rope and he'll hang himself.
Let him who has granted a favour speak not of it; let him who has
received one, proclaim it.
Let him who has granted a favour speak not of it; let him who has
received one, proclaim it.
I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts.
[Lat., Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes.]
I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts.
[Lat., Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes.]