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The Good are better made by Ill,
As odours crushed are sweeter still.
The Good are better made by Ill,
As odours crushed are sweeter still.
Little dogs start the Hare, the great get her.
Little dogs start the Hare, the great get her.
The wolfe eats oft of the sheep that have been warn'd.
The wolfe eats oft of the sheep that have been warn'd.
Hope is a waking dream.
Hope is a waking dream.
The Citizen is at his businesse before he rise.
The Citizen is at his businesse before he rise.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]
Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]
What your glasse telles you, will not be told by Councell.
What your glasse telles you, will not be told by Councell.
Condemn the fault, but not the actor of it.
Condemn the fault, but not the actor of it.
A friend should bear a friend's infirmities,
But Brutus makes mine greater than they are.
A friend should bear a friend's infirmities,
But Brutus makes mine greater than they are.
