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From my example learn to be just, and not to despise the gods.
From my example learn to be just, and not to despise the gods.
A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
A good pay-master starts not at assurances.
Old men, when they scorne young, make much of death.
Old men, when they scorne young, make much of death.
The ballance distinguisheth not betweene gold and lead.
The ballance distinguisheth not betweene gold and lead.
Wish to be what you are, and wish for no other position.
Wish to be what you are, and wish for no other position.
Kings play the fool, and the people suffer for it.
Kings play the fool, and the people suffer for it.
A cherefull looke makes a dish a feast.
[A cheerful look makes a dish a feast.]
A cherefull looke makes a dish a feast.
[A cheerful look makes a dish a feast.]
It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
