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We take no note of time
But from its loss.
We take no note of time
But from its loss.
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all;
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied read more
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all;
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought,
And enterprises of great pitch and moment,
With this regard their currents turn awry,
And lose the name of action.
We notice that the mind grows with the body, and with it decays.
We notice that the mind grows with the body, and with it decays.
No might nor greatness in mortality
Can censure 'scape; back-wounding calumny
The whitest virtue strikes. What king read more
No might nor greatness in mortality
Can censure 'scape; back-wounding calumny
The whitest virtue strikes. What king so strong
Can tie the gall up in the slanderous tongue?
Without danger we cannot get beyond danger.
Without danger we cannot get beyond danger.
Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
'Tis an ill dog that deserves not a crust.
'Tis an ill dog that deserves not a crust.
A sly piece of good luck, which nobody knows of is delightful.
A sly piece of good luck, which nobody knows of is delightful.
