If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.

If you wish to be good, first believe that you are bad.

Fooles give to please all but their owne.

Fooles give to please all but their owne.

And there is a worm in the lonely wood,
That pierces the liver and blackens the blood,
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And there is a worm in the lonely wood,
That pierces the liver and blackens the blood,
And makes it a sorrow to be.

To the counsell of fooles a woodden bell.

To the counsell of fooles a woodden bell.

Leave jesting whiles it pleaseth, lest it turne to earnest.

Leave jesting whiles it pleaseth, lest it turne to earnest.

All was false and hollow, though his tongue
Dropt manna, and could make the worst appear
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All was false and hollow, though his tongue
Dropt manna, and could make the worst appear
The better reason.

He has nibbled at the bay. [A poetaster.]

He has nibbled at the bay. [A poetaster.]

As many servants so many enemies.

As many servants so many enemies.

What the law will compel you to do, do of your own free will.

What the law will compel you to do, do of your own free will.