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Of joys departed
Not to return, how painful the remembrance.
Of joys departed
Not to return, how painful the remembrance.
When all men have what belongs to them, it cannot bee much.
When all men have what belongs to them, it cannot bee much.
He who wishes to injure another, will soon find a pretext.
He who wishes to injure another, will soon find a pretext.
A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.
A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.
Sweet discourse makes short daies and nights.
Sweet discourse makes short daies and nights.
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last read more
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time,
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death.
Think'st thou it honourable for a noble man
Still to remember wrongs?
Think'st thou it honourable for a noble man
Still to remember wrongs?
A living dog is better than a dead lion.
A living dog is better than a dead lion.
Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
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Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
Ride more than thou goest,
Learn more than thou trowest,
Set less than thou throwest;
Leave thy drink and thy whore,
And keep in-a-door,
And thou shalt have more
Than two tens to a score.
