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Words pay no debts.
Words pay no debts.
Give a clowne your finger, and he will take your hand.
Give a clowne your finger, and he will take your hand.
He that praiseth himselfe spattereth himselfe.
He that praiseth himselfe spattereth himselfe.
With diadem and sceptre high advanced,
The lower still I fall; only supreme
In misery; such joy read more
With diadem and sceptre high advanced,
The lower still I fall; only supreme
In misery; such joy ambition finds.
Heresie is the school of pride.
Heresie is the school of pride.
Charity begins at home.
[Lat., Proximus sum egomet mihi.]
Charity begins at home.
[Lat., Proximus sum egomet mihi.]
As many men as there are existing, so many are their different
pursuits.
As many men as there are existing, so many are their different
pursuits.
Withdraw yourself from that vile bondage; Come say, "I am free,"
"I am free."
Withdraw yourself from that vile bondage; Come say, "I am free,"
"I am free."
He can give little to his servant, that lickes his knife.
[He can give little to his servant that read more
He can give little to his servant, that lickes his knife.
[He can give little to his servant that licks his knife.]