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Alas how difficult is it to preserve a high reputation!
Alas how difficult is it to preserve a high reputation!
The shrill trump,
The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife.
The shrill trump,
The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife.
Loathsome canker lives in sweetest bud.
Loathsome canker lives in sweetest bud.
Comparisons are odious.
Comparisons are odious.
Who praiseth Saint Peter, doth not blame Saint Paul.
Who praiseth Saint Peter, doth not blame Saint Paul.
When anger rises, think of the consequences.
When anger rises, think of the consequences.
Then wander forth the sons
Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine.
Then wander forth the sons
Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine.
Hee stands not surely, that never slips.
Hee stands not surely, that never slips.
Once let good faith be abandoned, and all social existence would
perish.
Once let good faith be abandoned, and all social existence would
perish.
