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It will never come out of the flesh that's bred in the bone.
It will never come out of the flesh that's bred in the bone.
Life without a friend is death without a witnesse.
Life without a friend is death without a witnesse.
'Tis hard to be wretched, but worse to be knowne so.
'Tis hard to be wretched, but worse to be knowne so.
Every ill man hath his ill day.
Every ill man hath his ill day.
When a dog is a drowning, everyone offers him drink.
When a dog is a drowning, everyone offers him drink.
You began better than you have finished; the last act is not
equal to the first.
You began better than you have finished; the last act is not
equal to the first.
Look you! I myself am nearest to myself.
Look you! I myself am nearest to myself.
But he, whose humours spurn law's awful yoke,
Must herd with those, by whom law's bonds are broke.
But he, whose humours spurn law's awful yoke,
Must herd with those, by whom law's bonds are broke.
Win us with honest trifles, to betray us
In deepest consequence.
Win us with honest trifles, to betray us
In deepest consequence.