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Simple is the language of truth.
Simple is the language of truth.
Let every man practise the trade which he best understands.
Let every man practise the trade which he best understands.
Get wealth and power, if possible by grace,
If not, by any means, get wealth and place.
Get wealth and power, if possible by grace,
If not, by any means, get wealth and place.
The truly noble mind has no resentments.
The truly noble mind has no resentments.
Silke doth quench the fire in the Kitchin.
Silke doth quench the fire in the Kitchin.
With winsome cruelty she refuses.
With winsome cruelty she refuses.
Don't go near the water until you learn how to swim.
Don't go near the water until you learn how to swim.
Nothing is so swift as calumny, nothing is more easily
propagated, nothing more readily credited, nothing more widely
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Nothing is so swift as calumny, nothing is more easily
propagated, nothing more readily credited, nothing more widely
circulated.