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One eye of the masters sees more, then ten of the servants.
One eye of the masters sees more, then ten of the servants.
You tell a tale to a dead man.
You tell a tale to a dead man.
But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.
But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.
So still we glide down to the sea
Of fathomless eternity.
So still we glide down to the sea
Of fathomless eternity.
When a knave is in a plumtree he hath neither friend nor kin.
When a knave is in a plumtree he hath neither friend nor kin.
My conscience hath a thousand several tongues,
And every tongue brings in a several tale,
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My conscience hath a thousand several tongues,
And every tongue brings in a several tale,
And every tale condemns me for a villain.
Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft.
Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft.
That least pleases us which is most urged on us.
That least pleases us which is most urged on us.