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Hence ye profane; I hate ye all;
Both the great vulgar, and the small.
Hence ye profane; I hate ye all;
Both the great vulgar, and the small.
Take heed of credit decaid, and people that have nothing.
Take heed of credit decaid, and people that have nothing.
It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.
It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.
When the heart is sick it cannot bear the slightest annoyance.
When the heart is sick it cannot bear the slightest annoyance.
Give thy thoughts no tongue.
Give thy thoughts no tongue.
But he, whose humours spurn law's awful yoke,
Must herd with those, by whom law's bonds are broke.
But he, whose humours spurn law's awful yoke,
Must herd with those, by whom law's bonds are broke.
Good hope is often beguiled by her own augury.
Good hope is often beguiled by her own augury.
The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on.
The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on.
Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.
Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.