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Honour without profit is a ring on the finger.
Honour without profit is a ring on the finger.
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock,
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Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock,
and it shall be opened unto you:
For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth;
and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
Who could be happy and alone or good?
Who could be happy and alone or good?
Modesty sets off one newly come to honour.
Modesty sets off one newly come to honour.
A fool bolts a door with a boiled carrot.
A fool bolts a door with a boiled carrot.
Come, we burn daylight, ho!
Nay, that's not so.
I mean, sir, in delay
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Come, we burn daylight, ho!
Nay, that's not so.
I mean, sir, in delay
We waste our lights in vain, like lamps by day.
It costs more to doe ill then to doe well.
It costs more to doe ill then to doe well.
At the games end we shall see who gaines.
At the games end we shall see who gaines.
An inch in a miss is as good as an ell.
An inch in a miss is as good as an ell.
