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If you must flie, flie well.
If you must flie, flie well.
O, that men's ears should be
To counsel deaf, but not to flattery!
O, that men's ears should be
To counsel deaf, but not to flattery!
The face, not the woman is the attraction.
The face, not the woman is the attraction.
A mind conscious of its own rectitude.
[Lat., Mens sibi conscia recti.]
A mind conscious of its own rectitude.
[Lat., Mens sibi conscia recti.]
Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod?
Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod?
Preferment goes by letter and affection,
And not by old gradation, where each second
Stood heir to read more
Preferment goes by letter and affection,
And not by old gradation, where each second
Stood heir to th's first.
A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.
A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.
Trivial losses often prove great gains.
Trivial losses often prove great gains.
