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It is as well now and then not to remember all we know.
It is as well now and then not to remember all we know.
Where there is no honour, there is no griefe.
Where there is no honour, there is no griefe.
He jests at scars that never felt a wound.
He jests at scars that never felt a wound.
 I strive to mould circumstances to myself, not myself to 
circumstances.  
 I strive to mould circumstances to myself, not myself to 
circumstances. 
The vertue of a coward is suspition.
The vertue of a coward is suspition.
Every bullet has its billet.
Every bullet has its billet.
 At night, to his own sharp fancies a prey,
 He lies like a hedgehog rolled up the wrong way,
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 At night, to his own sharp fancies a prey,
 He lies like a hedgehog rolled up the wrong way,
  Tormenting himself with his prickles. 
A wicked mans gift hath a touch of his master.
A wicked mans gift hath a touch of his master.
 It is engendered in the eyes;
 By gazing fed; and fancy dies
  In the cradle where it read more 
 It is engendered in the eyes;
 By gazing fed; and fancy dies
  In the cradle where it lies.