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Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.
Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.
No hair so small but hath his shadow.
No hair so small but hath his shadow.
Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak
Whispers the o'erfraught heart, and bids it break.
Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak
Whispers the o'erfraught heart, and bids it break.
The best of the sport is to doe the deede, and say nothing.
The best of the sport is to doe the deede, and say nothing.
He sins not, who is not wilfully a sinner.
He sins not, who is not wilfully a sinner.
One day unfolds it and one day destroys.
One day unfolds it and one day destroys.
Silence gives consent.
[Lat., Qui tacet, consentire videtur.]
Silence gives consent.
[Lat., Qui tacet, consentire videtur.]
One may smile, and smile, and be a villain.
One may smile, and smile, and be a villain.
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have
greatness thrust upon 'em.
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have
greatness thrust upon 'em.
