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Promising is the eve of giving.
Promising is the eve of giving.
Some innocents 'scape not the thunderbolt.
Some innocents 'scape not the thunderbolt.
Whom does undeserved honour please, and undeserved blame alarm,
but the base and the liar?
Whom does undeserved honour please, and undeserved blame alarm,
but the base and the liar?
But men are men; the best sometimes forget.
But men are men; the best sometimes forget.
The grief of an heir is only masked laughter.
The grief of an heir is only masked laughter.
Thou hast death in thy house, and dost bewaile anothers.
Thou hast death in thy house, and dost bewaile anothers.
Better a snotty child, then his nose wip'd off.
Better a snotty child, then his nose wip'd off.
. . . it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
. . . it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
