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Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand
judgment.
Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand
judgment.
Hee that's fed at anothers hand may stay long ere he be full.
Hee that's fed at anothers hand may stay long ere he be full.
A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
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A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
A daw's not reckoned a religious bird
Because it keeps a-cawing from a steeple.
The mind that broods o'er guilty woes
Is like a scorpion girt by fire.
The mind that broods o'er guilty woes
Is like a scorpion girt by fire.
Fine words dresse ill deedes.
Fine words dresse ill deedes.
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have
greatness thrust upon 'em.
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have
greatness thrust upon 'em.
That which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not.
That which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not.
He that riseth betimes hath some thing in his head.
He that riseth betimes hath some thing in his head.
