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To give importance to trifling matters.
To give importance to trifling matters.
To be praised by a man who has won his laurels.
To be praised by a man who has won his laurels.
There are calumnies against which even innocence loses courage.
There are calumnies against which even innocence loses courage.
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?
As good as a play.
As good as a play.
Within a stone's throw of it.
Within a stone's throw of it.
To seek a laurel wreath from a bride-cake. [To seek glory by
some trifling performance. A carpet knight.]
To seek a laurel wreath from a bride-cake. [To seek glory by
some trifling performance. A carpet knight.]
