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One foote is better then two crutches.
One foote is better then two crutches.
There are games in which it is better to lose than win.
There are games in which it is better to lose than win.
One science only will one genius fit,
So vast is art, so narrow human wit.
One science only will one genius fit,
So vast is art, so narrow human wit.
The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification
being deferred.
The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification
being deferred.
For there's no motion
That tends to vice in man, but I affirm
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For there's no motion
That tends to vice in man, but I affirm
It is the woman's part.
The world itself is too small for the covetous.
The world itself is too small for the covetous.
By many indignities we come to dignities.
By many indignities we come to dignities.
Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just,
And he but naked, though locked up in steel,
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Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just,
And he but naked, though locked up in steel,
Whose conscience with injustice is corrupted.
No deceit is so veiled as that which lies concealed behind the
semblance of courtesy.
No deceit is so veiled as that which lies concealed behind the
semblance of courtesy.
