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Hold one another's noses to the grindstone hard.
Hold one another's noses to the grindstone hard.
Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.
Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.
By many indignities we come to dignities.
By many indignities we come to dignities.
Such men as fortune raises from a mean estate to the highest
elevation by way of a joke.
Such men as fortune raises from a mean estate to the highest
elevation by way of a joke.
Say no ill of the yeere, till it be past.
Say no ill of the yeere, till it be past.
How much of injustice and depravity is sanctioned by custom!
How much of injustice and depravity is sanctioned by custom!