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We are deceived by the semblance of what is just.
We are deceived by the semblance of what is just.
The worst punishment of all is, that in the court of his own
conscience no guilty man is acquitted.
The worst punishment of all is, that in the court of his own
conscience no guilty man is acquitted.
Look you! I myself am nearest to myself.
Look you! I myself am nearest to myself.
I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them.
I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them.
Win us with honest trifles, to betray us
In deepest consequence.
Win us with honest trifles, to betray us
In deepest consequence.
But men are men; the best sometimes forget.
But men are men; the best sometimes forget.
What you keep by you, you may change and mend;
But words once spoke can never be recall'd.
What you keep by you, you may change and mend;
But words once spoke can never be recall'd.
The blind eate many a flie.
The blind eate many a flie.
His anger is easily excited and appeased, and he changes from
hour to hour.
His anger is easily excited and appeased, and he changes from
hour to hour.