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Who would not wish to be from wealth exempt,
Since riches point to misery and contempt?
Who would not wish to be from wealth exempt,
Since riches point to misery and contempt?
A word spoken in due season, how good is it!
A word spoken in due season, how good is it!
Hee is not free that drawes his chaine.
Hee is not free that drawes his chaine.
Ill comes in by ells, and goes out by inches.
Ill comes in by ells, and goes out by inches.
It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
Confidence cannot find a place wherein to rest in safety.
Confidence cannot find a place wherein to rest in safety.
Being on sea saile, being on land settle.
Being on sea saile, being on land settle.
And thus I clothe my naked villany
With old odd ends, stol'n out of holy writ,
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And thus I clothe my naked villany
With old odd ends, stol'n out of holy writ,
And seem a saint when most I play the devil.
