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Fall back upon a name? rest, rot in that?
Not keep it noble, make it nobler? Fools!
Fall back upon a name? rest, rot in that?
Not keep it noble, make it nobler? Fools!
And we must take the current when it serves;
Or lose our ventures.
And we must take the current when it serves;
Or lose our ventures.
Hee that respects not, is not respected.
Hee that respects not, is not respected.
The brightest of all things, the sun, hath its spots.
The brightest of all things, the sun, hath its spots.
Warre makes theeves, and peace hangs them.
Warre makes theeves, and peace hangs them.
There are words and accents by which this grief can be assuaged,
and the disease in a great measure read more
There are words and accents by which this grief can be assuaged,
and the disease in a great measure removed.
His essences turn the live air sick.
His essences turn the live air sick.
Whose wit in the combat as gentle as bright
Ne'er carried a heartstain away on its blade.
Whose wit in the combat as gentle as bright
Ne'er carried a heartstain away on its blade.
The good mother sayes not, Will you? but gives.
The good mother sayes not, Will you? but gives.