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Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
Bliss itself is not worth having,
If we're by compulsion blest.
Bliss itself is not worth having,
If we're by compulsion blest.
He that seekes trouble never misses.
[He that seeks trouble never misses.]
He that seekes trouble never misses.
[He that seeks trouble never misses.]
Hee pays too deare for honey that licks it from thornes.
Hee pays too deare for honey that licks it from thornes.
She is kept alive on the milk of asses which she takes with her
wherever she goes.
She is kept alive on the milk of asses which she takes with her
wherever she goes.
By heaven you have destroyed me, my friends!
By heaven you have destroyed me, my friends!
In going abroad we change the climate not our dispositions.
In going abroad we change the climate not our dispositions.
A little more than kin, and less than kind!
A little more than kin, and less than kind!
Strong of his hands, and strong on his legs, but still of his
tongue.
Strong of his hands, and strong on his legs, but still of his
tongue.
