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An uncalled-for defence becomes a positive accusation.
An uncalled-for defence becomes a positive accusation.
It's an ill councell that hath no escape.
It's an ill councell that hath no escape.
Law sutes consume time, and mony, and rest, and friends.
Law sutes consume time, and mony, and rest, and friends.
Hope springs eternal in the human breast,
Man never is, but always to be blest.
Hope springs eternal in the human breast,
Man never is, but always to be blest.
He who takes the profit ought also to take the labour.
He who takes the profit ought also to take the labour.
But, Clifford, tell me, didst thou never hear,
That things ill got had ever bad success?
But, Clifford, tell me, didst thou never hear,
That things ill got had ever bad success?
He that dies without the company of good men puts not himselfe
into a good way.
He that dies without the company of good men puts not himselfe
into a good way.
Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest.
Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest.
With a smile on her lips, and a tear in her eye.
With a smile on her lips, and a tear in her eye.