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Envy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of
others.
Envy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of
others.
What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.
What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.
The shrill trump,
The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife.
The shrill trump,
The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife.
Buy at a faire, but sell at home.
Buy at a faire, but sell at home.
Hee that makes himself a sheep, shall be eat by the wolfe.
Hee that makes himself a sheep, shall be eat by the wolfe.
And, oftentimes, excusing of a fault,
Doth make the fault the worse by the excuse.
And, oftentimes, excusing of a fault,
Doth make the fault the worse by the excuse.
Harp not on that string, madam; that is past.
Harp not on that string, madam; that is past.
One eye of the masters sees more, then ten of the servants.
One eye of the masters sees more, then ten of the servants.
