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The conviction of having committed a fault is its first and
greatest punishment.
The conviction of having committed a fault is its first and
greatest punishment.
Good swimmers at length are drowned.
Good swimmers at length are drowned.
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.
O, what a world of vile ill-favored faults
Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year.
We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes
us.
We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes
us.
Gentility is nothing but Ancient Riches.
Gentility is nothing but Ancient Riches.
Many talk of Robin Hood that never shot his bow,
And many talk of Little John that never did read more
Many talk of Robin Hood that never shot his bow,
And many talk of Little John that never did him know.
To go where the King goes afoot (i.e. to the stool).
To go where the King goes afoot (i.e. to the stool).
That eagle's fate and mine are one,
Which, on the shaft that made him die,
Espied a read more
That eagle's fate and mine are one,
Which, on the shaft that made him die,
Espied a feather of his own,
Wherewith he wont to soar so high.
