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Preferment goes by letter and affection.
Preferment goes by letter and affection.
When the night's darkest the dawn is nearest.
When the night's darkest the dawn is nearest.
Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without
merit and lost without deserving.
Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without
merit and lost without deserving.
On with the dance, let joy be unconfined.
On with the dance, let joy be unconfined.
He that owes nothing, if he makes not mouthes at us, is
courteous.
He that owes nothing, if he makes not mouthes at us, is
courteous.
Every cock fights best on his own dunghill.
Every cock fights best on his own dunghill.
The Bathe of the Blackamoor hath sworne not to whiten.
The Bathe of the Blackamoor hath sworne not to whiten.
The world itself is too small for the covetous.
The world itself is too small for the covetous.
