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New customs,
Though they be never so ridiculous,
(Nay, let 'em be unmanly), yet are followed.
New customs,
Though they be never so ridiculous,
(Nay, let 'em be unmanly), yet are followed.
He who says what he likes, must hear what he does not like.
He who says what he likes, must hear what he does not like.
Nothing is more ill-timed than an ill-timed laugh.
Nothing is more ill-timed than an ill-timed laugh.
Who that has reason, and his smell,
Would not among roses and jasmin dwell?
Who that has reason, and his smell,
Would not among roses and jasmin dwell?
Seek not to inquire what the morrow will bring with it.
Seek not to inquire what the morrow will bring with it.
Tyrants' fears
Decrease not, but grow faster than their years.
Tyrants' fears
Decrease not, but grow faster than their years.
The anger of those in authority is always weighty.
The anger of those in authority is always weighty.
There is more of bitterness than good nature in him.
There is more of bitterness than good nature in him.
Even a child is known by his doings.
Even a child is known by his doings.
