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Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches
and honour.
Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches
and honour.
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?
The charges of building and making of gardens are unknowne.
The charges of building and making of gardens are unknowne.
To rise with the lark, and go to bed with the lamb.
To rise with the lark, and go to bed with the lamb.
One man excels in eloquence, another in arms.
One man excels in eloquence, another in arms.
You will be melancholy, if you are solitary.
You will be melancholy, if you are solitary.
Hee that blowes in the dust fills his eyes with it.
Hee that blowes in the dust fills his eyes with it.
It is human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
[Lat., Proprium humani ingenii, est odisse quem laeseris.]
It is human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
[Lat., Proprium humani ingenii, est odisse quem laeseris.]
Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale,
Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man,
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Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale,
Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man,
And bitter shame hath spoiled the sweet world's taste,
That it yields nought but shame and bitterness.
