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However exalted our position, we should still not despise the
powers of the humble.
However exalted our position, we should still not despise the
powers of the humble.
A brute without a single redeeming point.
A brute without a single redeeming point.
Who can love the man he fears. or by who he thinks he is himself
feared?
Who can love the man he fears. or by who he thinks he is himself
feared?
One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor;
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One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor;
And so in ours, some neighboring nation,
Taking advantage of our misery,
Hath stuffed the hollow vessels with their power,
To beat us down, the which are down already;
And make a conquest of unhappy,
Whereas no glory 's got to overcome.
The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness.
The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness.
A faire death honours the whole life.
A faire death honours the whole life.
The moon is made of a green cheese.
The moon is made of a green cheese.
A friend is a second self.
A friend is a second self.
He that hath a head of waxe must not walke in the sunne.
He that hath a head of waxe must not walke in the sunne.
