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He confesses his guilt who flies from his trial.
He confesses his guilt who flies from his trial.
Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.
Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.
It is the bright day that brings forth the adder.
It is the bright day that brings forth the adder.
No one delights more in revenge than a woman.
No one delights more in revenge than a woman.
O doul on the day that gae me an old man.
O doul on the day that gae me an old man.
Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape
calumny.
Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape
calumny.
Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be read more
Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be believed,
The other never read.
Your knowing a thing is nothing, unless another knows you know
it.
Your knowing a thing is nothing, unless another knows you know
it.
That, like an eagle in a dovecote, I
Fluttered your Volscians in Corioles.
That, like an eagle in a dovecote, I
Fluttered your Volscians in Corioles.