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Hee is a foole that thinks not that another thinks.
Hee is a foole that thinks not that another thinks.
Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.
Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.
Troy owes to Homer what whist owes to Hoyle.
Troy owes to Homer what whist owes to Hoyle.
He threatens many that hath injured one.
He threatens many that hath injured one.
He jests at scars that never felt a wound.
He jests at scars that never felt a wound.
From the disease of one the whole flock perishes.
From the disease of one the whole flock perishes.
Faire is not faire, but that which pleaseth.
Faire is not faire, but that which pleaseth.
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.
A man so various, that he seem'd to be
Not one, but all mankind's epitome;
Stiff in read more
A man so various, that he seem'd to be
Not one, but all mankind's epitome;
Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong.
Was everything by starts, and nothing long;
But in the course of one revolving moon,
Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon.
