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Demons in act, but gods at least in face.
Demons in act, but gods at least in face.
Novelty in all things is charming.
Novelty in all things is charming.
The worst punishment of all is, that in the court of his own
conscience no guilty man is acquitted.
The worst punishment of all is, that in the court of his own
conscience no guilty man is acquitted.
What he has is of no more use to the miser than that which he has
not.
What he has is of no more use to the miser than that which he has
not.
Whether the pitcher hits the stone or the stone hits the pitcher,
it goes ill with the pitcher.
Whether the pitcher hits the stone or the stone hits the pitcher,
it goes ill with the pitcher.
The holydays of joy are the vigils of sorrow.
The holydays of joy are the vigils of sorrow.
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 tongue is the worst part of a bad servant.
The tongue is the worst part of a bad servant.
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?
