<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=371695" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Sonnet: On Calumny</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Be thou a saint and yet the world won't spare; <br>Be thou most chaste and yet, most tongues will talk; <br>Be thou a crook and yet people don't care; <br>Be thou a tiger yet, some men will stalk.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Be thou cruel and yet the world will praise; <br>Be thou too kind and yet the world will taunt; <br>Be thou rigid and yet the world can't face; <br>Be thou timid and yet the world will haunt; </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Be thou selfish and yet the world loves thee; <br>Be thou selfless and yet the world thee hates; <br>Be thou goodly and yet you are not free; <br>Be thou evil and yet the world thee mates.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> Be thou yourself and yet the world finds fault; <br> Be thou anything, yet the world will vault.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=John+Celes">John Celes</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=371695" data-title="Sonnet: On Calumny de John Celes" data-description="Be thou a saint and yet the world won't spare; Be thou most chaste and yet, most tongues will talk; Be thou a crook and yet people don't care; Be thou a tiger yet, some men will stalk. Be thou cruel and yet the world will praise; Be thou too ..."></div> </div> </div>

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