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Kings play the fool, and the people suffer for it.
Kings play the fool, and the people suffer for it.
Grief brims itself and flows away in tears.
Grief brims itself and flows away in tears.
O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil.
O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil.
The big thieves hang the little ones.
The big thieves hang the little ones.
The jackdaw, stript of her stolen colours, provokes our laughter.
The jackdaw, stript of her stolen colours, provokes our laughter.
There is some soul of goodness in things evil,
Would men observingly distill it out;
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There is some soul of goodness in things evil,
Would men observingly distill it out;
For our bad neighbor makes us early stirrers,
Which is both healthful, and good husbandry.
A fellow feeling makes us wondrous kind.
A fellow feeling makes us wondrous kind.
He bristles with hair, like a sea-urchin or a hunted boar.
He bristles with hair, like a sea-urchin or a hunted boar.
Every man has his price.
Every man has his price.
