If you can't beat them, join them.

If you can't beat them, join them.

Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
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Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
And some condemned for a fault alone.

Betray not a secret even though racked by wine or wrath.

Betray not a secret even though racked by wine or wrath.

Fury itself supplies arms.

Fury itself supplies arms.

To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free,
These are imperial arts.

To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free,
These are imperial arts.

In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.

In good yeares corne is hay, in ill yeares straw is corne.

The envious will die, but envy never.
[Fr., Les envieux mourront, mais non jamais l'envie.]

The envious will die, but envy never.
[Fr., Les envieux mourront, mais non jamais l'envie.]

Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.

Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.

Their silence cries aloud.

Their silence cries aloud.