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It is hard to abstain from writing satire.
It is hard to abstain from writing satire.
To a close shorne sheepe, God gives wind by measure.
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To a close shorne sheepe, God gives wind by measure.
[To a close shorn sheep, God gives wind by measure.]
The Wolfe knowes, what the ill beast thinkes.
The Wolfe knowes, what the ill beast thinkes.
Where there is no honour, there is no griefe.
Where there is no honour, there is no griefe.
None is offended but by himselfe.
None is offended but by himselfe.
At Rome I love Tibur; then, like a weathercock, at Tibur Rome.
At Rome I love Tibur; then, like a weathercock, at Tibur Rome.
Judge of a tree by its fruit, not by its leaves.
Judge of a tree by its fruit, not by its leaves.
Evils have their comfort, good none can support.
Evils have their comfort, good none can support.
