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Man's inhumanity to man
Makes countless thousands mourn!
Man's inhumanity to man
Makes countless thousands mourn!
There should be no strife with the vanquished or the dead.
There should be no strife with the vanquished or the dead.
In life you lov'd me not, in death you bewaile me.
In life you lov'd me not, in death you bewaile me.
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?
All wish for knowledge, but no one wishes to pay the price of it.
All wish for knowledge, but no one wishes to pay the price of it.
The house should derive dignity from the master, not the master
from the house.
The house should derive dignity from the master, not the master
from the house.
With emptie hands men may no haukes lure.
With emptie hands men may no haukes lure.
Justice pleaseth few in their owne house.
Justice pleaseth few in their owne house.
