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Thus one thing requires assistance from another, and joins in
friendly help.
Thus one thing requires assistance from another, and joins in
friendly help.
Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise,
(That last infirmity of noble mind)
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Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise,
(That last infirmity of noble mind)
To scorn delights, and live laborious days;
But the fair guerdon when we hope to find,
And think to burst out into sudden blaze,
Comes the blind Fury with th' abhorred shears,
And slits the thin-spun life.
Man Proposeth, God disposeth.
Man Proposeth, God disposeth.
Wo be to him that reads but one book.
Wo be to him that reads but one book.
A full belly neither fights nor flies well.
A full belly neither fights nor flies well.
Sceptre and crown must tumble down
And in the dust be equal made
With the poor crooked read more
Sceptre and crown must tumble down
And in the dust be equal made
With the poor crooked scythe and spade.
To make a mountain of a mole-hill.
To make a mountain of a mole-hill.
Too much of anything is bad.
Too much of anything is bad.
Life is halfe spent before we know what it is.
Life is halfe spent before we know what it is.