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Sufferance is the badge of all our tribe.
Sufferance is the badge of all our tribe.
Here, or nowhere, is the thing we seek.
Here, or nowhere, is the thing we seek.
There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.
There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.
Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.
Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.
There are calumnies against which even innocence loses courage.
There are calumnies against which even innocence loses courage.
No profit grows where is no pleasure ta'en.
In brief, sir, study what you most effect.
No profit grows where is no pleasure ta'en.
In brief, sir, study what you most effect.
Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare,
And beauty draws us with a single hair.
Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare,
And beauty draws us with a single hair.
Though I am not naturally honest, I am so sometimes by chance.
Though I am not naturally honest, I am so sometimes by chance.
With devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.
With devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.