Gold were as good as twenty orators,
And will, no doubt, tempt him to anything.
(King Richard III)
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Fie, fie, how wayward is this foolish love,
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Give every man your ear, but few thy voice. Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.
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And writers say, as the most forward bud
Is eaten by the canker ere it blow,
Even so by love the young and tender wit
Is turn'd to folly, blasting in the bud,
Losing his verdure even in the prime,
And all the fair effects of future hopes.
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