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Shows that we build, when we should but entomb us.
Shows that we build, when we should but entomb us.
Alas how difficult is it to preserve a high reputation!
Alas how difficult is it to preserve a high reputation!
I know not which way to turn. [I am in a quandary.]
I know not which way to turn. [I am in a quandary.]
In war, hunting, and love, men for one pleasure a thousand
griefes prove.
In war, hunting, and love, men for one pleasure a thousand
griefes prove.
Neither do men put new wine into old bottles.
Neither do men put new wine into old bottles.
The dainties of the great are the teares of the poore.
The dainties of the great are the teares of the poore.
Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world
Like a Colossus, and we petty men
Walk under read more
Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world
Like a Colossus, and we petty men
Walk under his huge legs and peep about
To find ourselves dishonorable graves.
A house and a woman sute excellently.
A house and a woman sute excellently.
Myself acquainted with misfortune, I learn to help the
unfortunate.
Myself acquainted with misfortune, I learn to help the
unfortunate.
