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Nothing is so swift as calumny, nothing is more easily
propagated, nothing more readily credited, nothing more widely
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Nothing is so swift as calumny, nothing is more easily
propagated, nothing more readily credited, nothing more widely
circulated.
Preferment goes by letter and affection,
And not by old gradation, where each second
Stood heir to read more
Preferment goes by letter and affection,
And not by old gradation, where each second
Stood heir to th's first.
Perversnes makes one squint ey'd.
Perversnes makes one squint ey'd.
It is equally a fault to believe all men or to believe none.
It is equally a fault to believe all men or to believe none.
The mind flies back with a grand recoil
From debts not due till to-morrow.
The mind flies back with a grand recoil
From debts not due till to-morrow.
As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from
the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon read more
As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from
the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
A woman conceales what shee knowes not.
A woman conceales what shee knowes not.
I talk of cheese, you of chalk.
I talk of cheese, you of chalk.
The doctors gave her over--to an ass.
The doctors gave her over--to an ass.
