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The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he read more
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he esteems your merit,
Is such a friend, that one had need
Be very much his friend indeed
To pardon or to bear it.
It is peculiarly a fool's habit to discern the faults of others,
and to forget his own.
It is peculiarly a fool's habit to discern the faults of others,
and to forget his own.
Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven
pillars.
Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven
pillars.
Every man can master a grief but he that has it.
Every man can master a grief but he that has it.
In strife who inquires whether stratagem or courage was used?
In strife who inquires whether stratagem or courage was used?
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?
Happy is he who can trace effects to their causes.
Happy is he who can trace effects to their causes.
Hee that makes a thing too fine, breakes it.
Hee that makes a thing too fine, breakes it.
Little losses amaze, great tame.
Little losses amaze, great tame.
