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It is a disgrace to say one thing and think another; but how much
more disgraceful to write one read more
It is a disgrace to say one thing and think another; but how much
more disgraceful to write one thing and think another!
Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be read more
Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be believed,
The other never read.
Where there is no honour, there is no griefe.
Where there is no honour, there is no griefe.
If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe.
If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe.
He makes no friend who never made a foe.
He makes no friend who never made a foe.
The less of this cold world the more of heaven.
The less of this cold world the more of heaven.
Our fears vanish as the danger approaches.
Our fears vanish as the danger approaches.
Nothing can come of nothing.
Nothing can come of nothing.
But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.
But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.
