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The far-off interest of tears.
The far-off interest of tears.
Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.
Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.
Silence gives consent.
[Lat., Qui tacet, consentire videtur.]
Silence gives consent.
[Lat., Qui tacet, consentire videtur.]
Condemn the fault, but not the actor of it.
Condemn the fault, but not the actor of it.
With the arm which won the victory he protects the vanquished.
With the arm which won the victory he protects the vanquished.
No might nor greatness in mortality
Can censure 'scape; back-wounding calumny
The whitest virtue strikes. What king read more
No might nor greatness in mortality
Can censure 'scape; back-wounding calumny
The whitest virtue strikes. What king so strong
Can tie the gall up in the slanderous tongue?
He who bravely endures evils, in time reaps the reward.
He who bravely endures evils, in time reaps the reward.
It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
