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The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried,
Grapple them to thy soul with hooks of steel.
The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried,
Grapple them to thy soul with hooks of steel.
Oh what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
Oh what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
Speech is silvern, silence is golden.
Speech is silvern, silence is golden.
The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.
The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.
I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts.
[Lat., Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes.]
I fear the Greeks, even when they bring gifts.
[Lat., Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes.]
It's an ill councell that hath no escape.
It's an ill councell that hath no escape.
For washing his hands, none sels his lands.
For washing his hands, none sels his lands.
Mariana in the moated grange.
Mariana in the moated grange.
That in the captain's but a choleric word,
Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy.
That in the captain's but a choleric word,
Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy.
