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The thought hath good leggs, and the quill a good tongue.
The thought hath good leggs, and the quill a good tongue.
Patience revels in misfortunes.
Patience revels in misfortunes.
Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
Handsome features are a silent recommendation.
Handsome features are a silent recommendation.
Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise,
(That last infirmity of noble mind)
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Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise,
(That last infirmity of noble mind)
To scorn delights, and live laborious days;
But the fair guerdon when we hope to find,
And think to burst out into sudden blaze,
Comes the blind Fury with th' abhorred shears,
And slits the thin-spun life.
Hee that hath one hogge makes him fat, and hee that hath one son
makes him a foole.
Hee that hath one hogge makes him fat, and hee that hath one son
makes him a foole.
When the night's darkest the dawn is nearest.
When the night's darkest the dawn is nearest.
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labour and to wait.
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labour and to wait.
What a man does by the agency of another is his own act.
What a man does by the agency of another is his own act.
