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If thy heart fails thee, climb not at all.
If thy heart fails thee, climb not at all.
The best bred have the best portion.
The best bred have the best portion.
Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold,
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Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold,
And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks;
Arm it in rags, a pygmy's straw does pierce it.
There would bee no great ones if there were no little ones.
There would bee no great ones if there were no little ones.
It is of no avail to know what is about to happen; for it is a
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It is of no avail to know what is about to happen; for it is a
sad thing to be grieved when grief can do no good.
Those who say nothing about their poverty will obtain more than
those who turn beggars.
Those who say nothing about their poverty will obtain more than
those who turn beggars.
Hee that looseth his due, gets not thankes.
Hee that looseth his due, gets not thankes.
Keepe good men company, and you shall be of the number.
Keepe good men company, and you shall be of the number.
Whom does undeserved honour please, and undeserved blame alarm,
but the base and the liar?
Whom does undeserved honour please, and undeserved blame alarm,
but the base and the liar?
