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Our sincerest laughter
With some pain is fraught:
Our sweetest songs are those which tell of saddest read more
Our sincerest laughter
With some pain is fraught:
Our sweetest songs are those which tell of saddest thought.
Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven
pillars.
Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven
pillars.
No man can serve two masters.
No man can serve two masters.
On painting and fighting looke aloofe.
On painting and fighting looke aloofe.
Every man's censure is first moulded in his own nature.
Every man's censure is first moulded in his own nature.
That should be regarded as a loss, which is won at the expense of
our reputation.
That should be regarded as a loss, which is won at the expense of
our reputation.
He that hath lost his credit is dead to the world.
He that hath lost his credit is dead to the world.
When modesty has once perished, it will never revive.
When modesty has once perished, it will never revive.
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.
