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Amongst good men two men suffice.
Amongst good men two men suffice.
Great talent has always a little madness mixed up with it.
Great talent has always a little madness mixed up with it.
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
One to destroy is murder by the law,
And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe;
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One to destroy is murder by the law,
And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe;
To murder thousands takes a specious name,
War's glorious art, and gives immortal fame.
Keep not ill men company, lest you increase the number.
Keep not ill men company, lest you increase the number.
Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot
That it doth singe yourself.
Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot
That it doth singe yourself.
The human mind ever longs for occupation.
The human mind ever longs for occupation.
If you would know secrets, looke them in griefe or pleasure.
If you would know secrets, looke them in griefe or pleasure.
Craft against craft makes no living.
Craft against craft makes no living.
