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Time rolls his ceaseless course.
Time rolls his ceaseless course.
O how wretched
Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favours!
O how wretched
Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favours!
Alas how difficult is it to preserve a high reputation!
Alas how difficult is it to preserve a high reputation!
He that's foolish in the fault, let him be wise in the
punishment.
He that's foolish in the fault, let him be wise in the
punishment.
Mutually giving and receiving aid,
They set each other off, like light and shade.
Mutually giving and receiving aid,
They set each other off, like light and shade.
There are calumnies against which even innocence loses courage.
There are calumnies against which even innocence loses courage.
He that feares death lives not.
He that feares death lives not.
Common report is not always wrong.
Common report is not always wrong.
