There is safety in numbers. [Lat., Defendit numerus.]

There is safety in numbers. [Lat., Defendit numerus.]

How many cowards whose hearts are all as false
As stairs of sand, wear yet upon their chins
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How many cowards whose hearts are all as false
As stairs of sand, wear yet upon their chins
The beards of Hercules and frowning Mars,
Who inward searched, have livers white as milk!

There needs a long time to know the worlds pulse.

There needs a long time to know the worlds pulse.

We Batchelors laugh and shew our teeth, but you married men laugh
till your hearts ake.

We Batchelors laugh and shew our teeth, but you married men laugh
till your hearts ake.

One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor;
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One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor;
And so in ours, some neighboring nation,
Taking advantage of our misery,
Hath stuffed the hollow vessels with their power,
To beat us down, the which are down already;
And make a conquest of unhappy,
Whereas no glory 's got to overcome.

The perswasion of the fortunate swaies the doubtfull.

The perswasion of the fortunate swaies the doubtfull.

They favour learning whose actions are worthy of a learned pen.

They favour learning whose actions are worthy of a learned pen.

I'm at my wits end.

I'm at my wits end.

But man, proud man,
Drest in a little brief authority,--
Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven
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But man, proud man,
Drest in a little brief authority,--
Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven
As make the angels weep.