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Many kisse the hand they wish cut off.
Many kisse the hand they wish cut off.
Fortune to one is Mother, to another is Step-mother.
Fortune to one is Mother, to another is Step-mother.
He that hath love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides.
He that hath love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides.
In strife who inquires whether stratagem or courage was used?
In strife who inquires whether stratagem or courage was used?
No one should be judge in his own cause.
No one should be judge in his own cause.
Time rolls his ceaseless course.
Time rolls his ceaseless course.
Tears ready to do duty at a minute's notice.
Tears ready to do duty at a minute's notice.
O, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!
O, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!
He that hath hornes in his bosom, let him not put them on his
head.
He that hath hornes in his bosom, let him not put them on his
head.