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Nothing can come of nothing.
Nothing can come of nothing.
But scandal's my aversion--I protest
Against all evil speaking, even in jest.
But scandal's my aversion--I protest
Against all evil speaking, even in jest.
It is good to hold the asse by the bridle.
It is good to hold the asse by the bridle.
Learned or unlearned we all must be scribbling.
Learned or unlearned we all must be scribbling.
There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly.
[There is no jollity but hath a smack of read more
There is no jollitie but hath a smack of folly.
[There is no jollity but hath a smack of folly.]
Our content
Is our best having.
Our content
Is our best having.
The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together;
our virtues would be proud read more
The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together;
our virtues would be proud if our faults whipped them not, and
our crimes would despair if they were not cherished by our
virtues.
He who assists the wicked will in time rue it.
He who assists the wicked will in time rue it.
Great men have reaching hands.
Great men have reaching hands.
