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We but teach
Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return
To plague the inventor.
We but teach
Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return
To plague the inventor.
Hee that makes a thing too fine, breakes it.
Hee that makes a thing too fine, breakes it.
All the Armes of England will not arme feare.
All the Armes of England will not arme feare.
When you are at Rome, live as Romans live.
When you are at Rome, live as Romans live.
Praise day at night, and life at the end.
Praise day at night, and life at the end.
Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye,
And where care lodges, sleep will never lie;
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Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye,
And where care lodges, sleep will never lie;
But where unbruised youth with unstuffed brain
Doth couch his limbs, there golden sleep doth reign.
The tendency of humanity is towards the forbidden.
The tendency of humanity is towards the forbidden.
But, oh! the love that gold must crown!
But, oh! the love that gold must crown!
A lucky chance, that oft decides the fate
Of mighty monarchs.
A lucky chance, that oft decides the fate
Of mighty monarchs.