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I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them.
I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them.
Hee is a foole that thinks not that another thinks.
Hee is a foole that thinks not that another thinks.
Halfe the world knowes not how the other halfe lies.
Halfe the world knowes not how the other halfe lies.
The secret of forgiving everything is to understand nothing.
The secret of forgiving everything is to understand nothing.
The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the
sword; the one uses it as a means read more
The robber and the cautious traveller alike are girded with the
sword; the one uses it as a means of attack, the other as a means
of defence.
Women laugh when they can, and weepe when they will.
Women laugh when they can, and weepe when they will.
The cares that flutter batlike round fretted roofs.
The cares that flutter batlike round fretted roofs.
Revenge and wrong bring forth their kind;
The foul cubs like their parents are.
Revenge and wrong bring forth their kind;
The foul cubs like their parents are.
