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What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name
would smell as sweet.
What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name
would smell as sweet.
There is a method in man's wickedness:
It grows up by degrees.
There is a method in man's wickedness:
It grows up by degrees.
An old dog barks not in vain.
An old dog barks not in vain.
He that riseth first, is first drest.
He that riseth first, is first drest.
In the end truth will out.
In the end truth will out.
The eyes see not what is before them when the mind is intent on
other matters.
The eyes see not what is before them when the mind is intent on
other matters.
Threatned men eat bread, says the Spaniard.
Threatned men eat bread, says the Spaniard.
Oh what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
Oh what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
For man may pious texts repeat,
And yet religion have no inward seat.
For man may pious texts repeat,
And yet religion have no inward seat.
