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O, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!
O, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!
Ready mony is a ready Medicine.
Ready mony is a ready Medicine.
The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.
The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.
Advise none to marry or goe to warre.
Advise none to marry or goe to warre.
A great ship askes deepe waters.
[A great ship asks deep waters.]
A great ship askes deepe waters.
[A great ship asks deep waters.]
The more virtuous a man himself is, the less does he suspect
baseness in others.
The more virtuous a man himself is, the less does he suspect
baseness in others.
Fooles bite one another, but wise-men agree together.
Fooles bite one another, but wise-men agree together.
Be stirring as the time, be fire with fire;
Threaten the threat'ner, and outface the brow
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Be stirring as the time, be fire with fire;
Threaten the threat'ner, and outface the brow
Of bragging horror.
As many men as there are existing, so many are their different
pursuits.
As many men as there are existing, so many are their different
pursuits.
