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Passion and shame torment him, and rage is mingled with his
grief.
Passion and shame torment him, and rage is mingled with his
grief.
That father perished at the stake
For tenets he would not forsake.
That father perished at the stake
For tenets he would not forsake.
A Tyrant is most tyrant to himselfe.
A Tyrant is most tyrant to himselfe.
God strikes not with both hands, for to the sea he made heavens,
and to rivers foords.
God strikes not with both hands, for to the sea he made heavens,
and to rivers foords.
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
A wolfe will never make war against another wolfe.
A wolfe will never make war against another wolfe.
Even a child is known by his doings.
Even a child is known by his doings.
He that speakes sowes, and he that holds his peace, gathers.
He that speakes sowes, and he that holds his peace, gathers.
To pluck the vicious quitch
Of blood and custom wholly out of him,
And make all clean read more
To pluck the vicious quitch
Of blood and custom wholly out of him,
And make all clean and plant himself afresh.