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Why, then the world's mine oyster,
Which I with sword will open.
Why, then the world's mine oyster,
Which I with sword will open.
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.
Hee that is throwne would ever wrestle.
Hee that is throwne would ever wrestle.
Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.
Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.
The scalded head feares cold water.
The scalded head feares cold water.
Not to create confusion in what is clear, but to throw light on
what is obscure.
Not to create confusion in what is clear, but to throw light on
what is obscure.
To pluck the vicious quitch
Of blood and custom wholly out of him,
And make all clean read more
To pluck the vicious quitch
Of blood and custom wholly out of him,
And make all clean and plant himself afresh.
Rare is the union of beauty and modesty.
Rare is the union of beauty and modesty.
