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Men would be angels, angels would be gods.
Men would be angels, angels would be gods.
Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.
Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.
If the staffe be crooked, the shadow cannot be straight.
If the staffe be crooked, the shadow cannot be straight.
Serve a noble disposition, though poore, the time comes that hee
will repay thee.
Serve a noble disposition, though poore, the time comes that hee
will repay thee.
The world itself is too small for the covetous.
The world itself is too small for the covetous.
The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts.
The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts.
Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just,
And he but naked, though locked up in steel,
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Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just,
And he but naked, though locked up in steel,
Whose conscience with injustice is corrupted.
To a greedy eating horse a short halter.
To a greedy eating horse a short halter.
Her tears will pierce into a marble heart.
Her tears will pierce into a marble heart.
