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Nero commanded; but withdrew his eyes From the beholding death and cruelties.


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Hast thou begun an act? ne'er then give o'er: No man despairs to do what's done before.


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What offspring other men have got, The how, where, when, I question not. These are the children I have left, Adopted some, none got by theft; But all are touch'd, like lawful plate, And no verse illegitimate. Touch'd, tested.


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Kings must not oft be seen by public eyes: State at a distance adds to dignities.


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Health is no other, as the learned hold, But a just measure both of heat and cold.