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If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe.
If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe.
He puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death.
He puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death.
He is onely bright that shines by himselfe.
He is onely bright that shines by himselfe.
Time flies, as he flies, adds increase to her truth,
And gives to her mind what he steals from read more
Time flies, as he flies, adds increase to her truth,
And gives to her mind what he steals from her youth.
The bit that one eates, no friend makes.
The bit that one eates, no friend makes.
To err is human, to forgive, divine.
To err is human, to forgive, divine.
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?
The ballance distinguisheth not betweene gold and lead.
The ballance distinguisheth not betweene gold and lead.
Alas! the fleeting years, how they roll on!
Alas! the fleeting years, how they roll on!
