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O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil.
O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil.
Words pay no debts.
Words pay no debts.
The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.
The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.
Worship and birth to me are known
By look, by bearing, and by tone,
Not by furred read more
Worship and birth to me are known
By look, by bearing, and by tone,
Not by furred robe, or broidered zone.
A pauper traveller will sing before a beggar.
A pauper traveller will sing before a beggar.
I shall speak facts; but some will say I deal in fiction.
I shall speak facts; but some will say I deal in fiction.
Nature has placed his own happiness in each man's hands, if he
only knew how to use it.
Nature has placed his own happiness in each man's hands, if he
only knew how to use it.
When all sinnes grow old, coveteousnesse is young.
When all sinnes grow old, coveteousnesse is young.
Power call achieve more by gentle means than by violence.
Power call achieve more by gentle means than by violence.