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Who friendship with a knave hath made,
Is judg'd a partner in the trade.
Who friendship with a knave hath made,
Is judg'd a partner in the trade.
I have raised for myself a monument more durable than brass.
I have raised for myself a monument more durable than brass.
This is no time for staring about.
This is no time for staring about.
Breathes there a man, whose judgment clear
Can others teach their course to steer,
Yet run himself read more
Breathes there a man, whose judgment clear
Can others teach their course to steer,
Yet run himself life's mad career
Wild as the wave?
Fight thou with shafts of silver, and o'ercome
When no force else can get the masterdom.
Fight thou with shafts of silver, and o'ercome
When no force else can get the masterdom.
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?
Danger it selfe the best remedy for danger.
Danger it selfe the best remedy for danger.
To a good spender God is the Treasurer.
To a good spender God is the Treasurer.
Weight justly and sell dearely.
Weight justly and sell dearely.