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Take the goods the gods provide thee.
Take the goods the gods provide thee.
Step after step the ladder is ascended.
Step after step the ladder is ascended.
Oh what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
Oh what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
One may smile, and smile, and be a villain.
One may smile, and smile, and be a villain.
Let them call it mischief;
Then it is past and prosper'd, 'twill be virtue.
Let them call it mischief;
Then it is past and prosper'd, 'twill be virtue.
Who is there that, shooting all day long, does not sometimes hit
the mark?
Who is there that, shooting all day long, does not sometimes hit
the mark?
There is a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue.
There is a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue.
The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait.
The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait.
Too much of anything is bad.
Too much of anything is bad.
