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The anger of those in authority is always weighty.
The anger of those in authority is always weighty.
All places that the eye of heaven visits,
Are to a wise man ports and happy havens.
All places that the eye of heaven visits,
Are to a wise man ports and happy havens.
He says anything that first comes into his mouth.
He says anything that first comes into his mouth.
The first blow is as much as two.
The first blow is as much as two.
But men are men; the best sometimes forget.
But men are men; the best sometimes forget.
Never morning wore
To evening, but some heart did break.
Never morning wore
To evening, but some heart did break.
The great put the little on the hooke.
The great put the little on the hooke.
While I plan, and plan, my hair
Is gray before I know it.
While I plan, and plan, my hair
Is gray before I know it.
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?
