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However exalted our position, we should still not despise the
powers of the humble.
However exalted our position, we should still not despise the
powers of the humble.
Many kisse the hand they wish cut off.
Many kisse the hand they wish cut off.
Without danger we cannot get beyond danger.
Without danger we cannot get beyond danger.
Nothing moves more quickly than scandal.
Nothing moves more quickly than scandal.
Hee a beast doth die, that hath done no good to his country.
Hee a beast doth die, that hath done no good to his country.
Though they don't want to kill anybody, they like to have the
power to do so.
Though they don't want to kill anybody, they like to have the
power to do so.
I must be cruel only to be kind.
I must be cruel only to be kind.
The sun sets without thy assistance.
The sun sets without thy assistance.
A life of honour and of worth
Has no eternity on earth,--
'Tis but a name.
A life of honour and of worth
Has no eternity on earth,--
'Tis but a name.