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In great pedigrees there are Governours and Chandlers.
In great pedigrees there are Governours and Chandlers.
Beare with evill, and expect good.
Beare with evill, and expect good.
Vice deceives us when dressed in the garb of virtue.
Vice deceives us when dressed in the garb of virtue.
The ballance distinguisheth not betweene gold and lead.
The ballance distinguisheth not betweene gold and lead.
Nothing is so swift as calumny, nothing is more easily
propagated, nothing more readily credited, nothing more widely
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Nothing is so swift as calumny, nothing is more easily
propagated, nothing more readily credited, nothing more widely
circulated.
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.
Behold him in conceited circles sail,
Strutting and dancing and now planted stiff,
In all his pomp read more
Behold him in conceited circles sail,
Strutting and dancing and now planted stiff,
In all his pomp of pageantry, as if
He felt the eyes of Europe on his tail.
Every man's censure is first moulded in his own nature.
Every man's censure is first moulded in his own nature.
Give place to your superiors.
Give place to your superiors.
