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Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise,
(That last infirmity of noble mind)
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Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise,
(That last infirmity of noble mind)
To scorn delights, and live laborious days;
But the fair guerdon when we hope to find,
And think to burst out into sudden blaze,
Comes the blind Fury with th' abhorred shears,
And slits the thin-spun life.
Repentant tears wash out the stain of guilt.
Repentant tears wash out the stain of guilt.
Gamsters and race-horses never last long.
Gamsters and race-horses never last long.
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.
Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.
A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.
A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.
The wrongs of a Husband or Master are not reproached.
The wrongs of a Husband or Master are not reproached.
