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Condemn the fault, but not the actor of it.
Condemn the fault, but not the actor of it.
Know thyself.
[Lat., Ne quis nimis. (From the Greek)]
Know thyself.
[Lat., Ne quis nimis. (From the Greek)]
He that tells a secret is anothers servant.
He that tells a secret is anothers servant.
And we must take the current when it serves;
Or lose our ventures.
And we must take the current when it serves;
Or lose our ventures.
For the same man to be an heretick and a good subject, is
incompossible.
For the same man to be an heretick and a good subject, is
incompossible.
The descent to the infernal regions is easy enough, but to
retrace one's steps, and reach the air above, read more
The descent to the infernal regions is easy enough, but to
retrace one's steps, and reach the air above, there's the rub.
It will never come out of the flesh that's bred in the bone.
It will never come out of the flesh that's bred in the bone.
Hee that doth what hee will, doth not what he ought.
Hee that doth what hee will, doth not what he ought.
Who hath none to still him, may weepe out his eyes.
Who hath none to still him, may weepe out his eyes.