Quote #126

The worst of my actions or conditions seem not so ugly unto me as I find it both ugly and base not to dare to avouch for them.

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  3. The world is all a carcass and vanity, The shadow of a shadow, a play And in one word, just nothing.
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  5. The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom.
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