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That to the observer doth thy history Fully unfold. Thyself and thy belongings Are not thine own so proper, as to waste Thyself upon thy virtues, they on thee. Heaven doth with us as we with torches do, Not light them for themselves ; for if our virtues...

The Poetical Preceptor; Or, A Collection of Select Pieces of Poetry ... - Strana 264
1806 - 380 str.
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Perspectives on Politics in Shakespeare

John Albert Murley, Sean D. Sutton - 2006 - 280 str.

...Angelo to recognize that he is morally well endowed to a purpose. He sermonizes, "Heaven doth with us as we with torches do, / Not light them for themselves;...forth of us, 'twere all alike / As if we had them not" (I. i. 34-35). Ditto, we might say, our vices. If they are not known, if we are not held accountable...

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