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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?
A feeble dart short of its mark.
A feeble dart short of its mark.
In a retreat the lame are formost.
In a retreat the lame are formost.
Hee that bewailes himselfe hath the cure in his hands.
Hee that bewailes himselfe hath the cure in his hands.
Praise a hill, but keepe below.
Praise a hill, but keepe below.
Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest.
Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest.
Every one thinkes his sacke heaviest.
Every one thinkes his sacke heaviest.
A stone in a well is not lost.
A stone in a well is not lost.
