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Let every eye negotiate for itself
And trust no agent.
Let every eye negotiate for itself
And trust no agent.
The rose is often found near the nettle.
The rose is often found near the nettle.
He carries a stone in one hand, and offers bread with the other.
[Lat., Altera manu fert lapidem, altera read more
He carries a stone in one hand, and offers bread with the other.
[Lat., Altera manu fert lapidem, altera panem ostentat.]
And all may think which way their judgments lead 'em.
And all may think which way their judgments lead 'em.
To have done, is to hang
Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail
In monumental mockery.
To have done, is to hang
Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail
In monumental mockery.
Talkers are no good doers.
Talkers are no good doers.
What has not wasting time impaired?
What has not wasting time impaired?
Breaking his oath and resolution, like
A twist of rotten silk.
Breaking his oath and resolution, like
A twist of rotten silk.
No might nor greatness in mortality
Can censure 'scape; back-wounding calumny
The whitest virtue strikes. What king read more
No might nor greatness in mortality
Can censure 'scape; back-wounding calumny
The whitest virtue strikes. What king so strong
Can tie the gall up in the slanderous tongue?
