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The sonne full and tattered, the daughter empty and fine.
The sonne full and tattered, the daughter empty and fine.
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.
Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]
Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]
Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above
rubies.
Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above
rubies.
A City that parlies is half gotten.
A City that parlies is half gotten.
You cannot make the fire so low but it will get out.
You cannot make the fire so low but it will get out.
'Tis too much proved,--that with devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.
'Tis too much proved,--that with devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.
He who seeks to terrify others is more in fear himself.
He who seeks to terrify others is more in fear himself.
Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world
Like a Colossus, and we petty men
Walk under read more
Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world
Like a Colossus, and we petty men
Walk under his huge legs and peep about
To find ourselves dishonorable graves.
