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A great ship askes deepe waters.
[A great ship asks deep waters.]
A great ship askes deepe waters.
[A great ship asks deep waters.]
'Tis strange, but true: for truth is always strange;
Stranger than fiction.
'Tis strange, but true: for truth is always strange;
Stranger than fiction.
Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
The guilty are alarmed and turn pale at the slightest thunder.
The guilty are alarmed and turn pale at the slightest thunder.
Some falls the means are happier to rise.
Some falls the means are happier to rise.
Forgetful of thy tomb thou buildest houses.
Forgetful of thy tomb thou buildest houses.
In the house of a Fidler, all fiddle.
In the house of a Fidler, all fiddle.
A man so various, that he seem'd to be
Not one, but all mankind's epitome;
Stiff in read more
A man so various, that he seem'd to be
Not one, but all mankind's epitome;
Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong.
Was everything by starts, and nothing long;
But in the course of one revolving moon,
Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon.
Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity.
Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity.
