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Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape
calumny.
Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape
calumny.
Criticks are like brushers of Noblemens cloaths.
Criticks are like brushers of Noblemens cloaths.
One science only will one genius fit,
So vast is art, so narrow human wit.
One science only will one genius fit,
So vast is art, so narrow human wit.
Even a ring of iron is worn away by constant use.
Even a ring of iron is worn away by constant use.
The ill that comes out of our mouth falles into our bosome.
The ill that comes out of our mouth falles into our bosome.
Amiens was taken by the Fox, and retaken by the Lion.
Amiens was taken by the Fox, and retaken by the Lion.
Hee wrongs not an old man that steales his supper from him.
Hee wrongs not an old man that steales his supper from him.
Envy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of
others.
Envy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of
others.
He is not poore that hath little, but he that desireth much.
He is not poore that hath little, but he that desireth much.
