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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.
Happy is he who can trace effects to their causes.
Happy is he who can trace effects to their causes.
Willowes are weak, yet they bind other wood.
Willowes are weak, yet they bind other wood.
Strength without judgment falls by its own weight.
Strength without judgment falls by its own weight.
The man that heweth over high,
Some chip falleth in his eye.
The man that heweth over high,
Some chip falleth in his eye.
When yet was ever found a mother
Who'd give her booby for another?
When yet was ever found a mother
Who'd give her booby for another?
His bark is worse than his bite.
His bark is worse than his bite.
Once a yeare a man may say: On his conscience.
Once a yeare a man may say: On his conscience.
