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A scepter is one thing, and a ladle another.
A scepter is one thing, and a ladle another.
No might nor greatness in mortality
Can censure 'scape; back-wounding calumny
The whitest virtue strikes. What king read more
No might nor greatness in mortality
Can censure 'scape; back-wounding calumny
The whitest virtue strikes. What king so strong
Can tie the gall up in the slanderous tongue?
Hee that gets out of debt, growes rich.
Hee that gets out of debt, growes rich.
Never morning wore
To evening, but some heart did break.
Never morning wore
To evening, but some heart did break.
Fear keepes and looks to the vineyard, and not the owner.
Fear keepes and looks to the vineyard, and not the owner.
The Chicken is the Countries, but the Citie eats it.
The Chicken is the Countries, but the Citie eats it.
A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
Conscience, the executioner, shaking her secret scourge.
Conscience, the executioner, shaking her secret scourge.
The strongest and the fiercest spirit
That fought in heaven, now fiercer by despair.
The strongest and the fiercest spirit
That fought in heaven, now fiercer by despair.
