Poetry & Verse
Sonnet 121: 'Tis better to be vile than vile esteem'd
By William ShakespeareSource: William Shakespeare - PoetryDB (Public Domain)106 words
'Tis better to be vile than vile esteem'd, When not to be receives reproach of being; And the just pleasure lost, which is so deem'd...
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'Tis better to be vile than vile esteem'd, When not to be receives reproach of being; And the just pleasure lost, which is so deem'd Not by our feeling, but by others' seeing: For why should others' false adulterate eyes Give salutation to my sportive blood? Or on my frailties why are frailer spies, Which in their wills count bad what I think good?…
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