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Falsehoods border on truths.
Falsehoods border on truths.
Every animal loves itself.
Every animal loves itself.
It is engendered in the eyes;
By gazing fed; and fancy dies
In the cradle where it read more
It is engendered in the eyes;
By gazing fed; and fancy dies
In the cradle where it lies.
The first and last frosts are the worst.
The first and last frosts are the worst.
The arrow will not always find the mark intended.
The arrow will not always find the mark intended.
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?
Sceptre and crown must tumble down
And in the dust be equal made
With the poor crooked read more
Sceptre and crown must tumble down
And in the dust be equal made
With the poor crooked scythe and spade.
The horse thinkes one thing, and he that sadles him another.
The horse thinkes one thing, and he that sadles him another.
Roses grow on thorns and honey wears a sting.
Roses grow on thorns and honey wears a sting.
