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How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.
How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.
Beasts of like kind will spare those of kindred spots.
Beasts of like kind will spare those of kindred spots.
A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors.
A fat house-keeper makes leane Executors.
He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
[Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]
He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell.
[Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]
The rills of pleasure never run sincere,
(Earth has no unpolluted spring)
From the cursed soil some read more
The rills of pleasure never run sincere,
(Earth has no unpolluted spring)
From the cursed soil some dang'rous taint they bear;
So roses grow on thorns, and honey wears a sting.
The first blow is as much as two.
The first blow is as much as two.
Hee that looseth his due, gets not thankes.
Hee that looseth his due, gets not thankes.
Make hay while the sun shines.
Make hay while the sun shines.
How can man die better,
Than facing fearful odds
For the ashes of this fathers
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How can man die better,
Than facing fearful odds
For the ashes of this fathers
And the temples of his gods?
