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All things have their place, knew wee how to place them.
All things have their place, knew wee how to place them.
Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
Rashness is the companion of youth, prudence of old age.
Rashness is the companion of youth, prudence of old age.
Fooles give to please all but their owne.
Fooles give to please all but their owne.
Halfe the world knowes not how the other halfe lies.
Halfe the world knowes not how the other halfe lies.
But this swift business
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light.
But this swift business
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light.
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.
The fellow is either a madman or a poet.
The fellow is either a madman or a poet.