One sword keeps another in the sheath.
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The house shows the owner.
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He that hath lost his credit is dead to the world.
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Thy life on earth was grief, and thou art still
Constant unto it, making it to be
A point of honour now to grieve in me,
And in thy members suffer ill.
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