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Whom does undeserved honour please, and undeserved blame alarm,
but the base and the liar?
Whom does undeserved honour please, and undeserved blame alarm,
but the base and the liar?
It is success that colours all in life,
Success makes fools admir'd, makes villains honest.
It is success that colours all in life,
Success makes fools admir'd, makes villains honest.
An uncalled-for defence becomes a positive accusation.
An uncalled-for defence becomes a positive accusation.
It's a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.
It's a dangerous fire begins in the bed-straw.
If a good man thrive, all thrive with him.
If a good man thrive, all thrive with him.
What mighty contests rise from trivial things.
What mighty contests rise from trivial things.
He that once deceives is ever suspected.
He that once deceives is ever suspected.
Who hath none to still him, may weepe out his eyes.
Who hath none to still him, may weepe out his eyes.
Once let good faith be abandoned, and all social existence would
perish.
Once let good faith be abandoned, and all social existence would
perish.
