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An uncalled-for defence becomes a positive accusation.
An uncalled-for defence becomes a positive accusation.
Fine words dresse ill deedes.
Fine words dresse ill deedes.
Scribblers are a self-conceited and self-worshipping race.
Scribblers are a self-conceited and self-worshipping race.
No hour brings good fortune to one man without bringing
misfortune to another.
No hour brings good fortune to one man without bringing
misfortune to another.
Preferment goes by letter and affection,
And not by old gradation, where each second
Stood heir to read more
Preferment goes by letter and affection,
And not by old gradation, where each second
Stood heir to th's first.
He sins not, who is not wilfully a sinner.
He sins not, who is not wilfully a sinner.
Confusion's cure lives not
In these confusions.
Confusion's cure lives not
In these confusions.
As fierce as hell, or fiercer still,
A woman piqued who has her will.
As fierce as hell, or fiercer still,
A woman piqued who has her will.
O how wretched
Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favours!
O how wretched
Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favours!
