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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!
The Good are better made by Ill,
As odours crushed are sweeter still.
The Good are better made by Ill,
As odours crushed are sweeter still.
The tree that God plants, no winde hurts it.
The tree that God plants, no winde hurts it.
To meditate an injury is to commit one.
To meditate an injury is to commit one.
The more thou stir it the worse it will be.
The more thou stir it the worse it will be.
A fair face may make a foul bargain.
A fair face may make a foul bargain.
Some evils are cured by contempt.
Some evils are cured by contempt.
For man is man, and master of his fate.
For man is man, and master of his fate.
He that hath love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides.
He that hath love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides.
