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As the yellow gold is tried in the fire, so is sincerity tested
in adversity.
As the yellow gold is tried in the fire, so is sincerity tested
in adversity.
Pardons and pleasantnesse are great revenges of slanders.
Pardons and pleasantnesse are great revenges of slanders.
In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is King.
In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is King.
The great put the little on the hooke.
The great put the little on the hooke.
The guilty are alarmed and turn pale at the slightest thunder.
The guilty are alarmed and turn pale at the slightest thunder.
Although the sun shine, leave not thy cloake at home.
Although the sun shine, leave not thy cloake at home.
The mind still longs for what it has missed, and loses itself in
the contemplation of the past.
The mind still longs for what it has missed, and loses itself in
the contemplation of the past.
Though this may be play to you,
'Tis death to us.
Though this may be play to you,
'Tis death to us.
