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One murder made a villain,
Millions a hero.
One murder made a villain,
Millions a hero.
Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.
Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.
An old mans staffe is the rapper of deaths doore.
An old mans staffe is the rapper of deaths doore.
Those griefs burn most which gall in secret.
Those griefs burn most which gall in secret.
No might nor greatness in mortality
Can censure 'scape; back-wounding calumny
The whitest virtue strikes. What king read more
No might nor greatness in mortality
Can censure 'scape; back-wounding calumny
The whitest virtue strikes. What king so strong
Can tie the gall up in the slanderous tongue?
Nought so vile, that on the earth doth live,
But to the earth some special good cloth give.
Nought so vile, that on the earth doth live,
But to the earth some special good cloth give.
Mere verbiage,--it is not worth a carrot!
Why Socrates or Plato--where's the odds?--
Once taught a jay read more
Mere verbiage,--it is not worth a carrot!
Why Socrates or Plato--where's the odds?--
Once taught a jay to supplicate the Gods,
And made a Polly-theist of a Parrot!
We only appreciate the comforts of life in their loss.
We only appreciate the comforts of life in their loss.
