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Two heads are better than one.
Two heads are better than one.
A lady with her daughters or her nieces,
Shines like a guinea and seven shilling pieces.
A lady with her daughters or her nieces,
Shines like a guinea and seven shilling pieces.
See the effect of commercial intercourse.
See the effect of commercial intercourse.
It's absurd to warme one in his armour.
It's absurd to warme one in his armour.
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.
Time rolls on, and we grow old with silent years.
Time rolls on, and we grow old with silent years.
Strong of his hands, and strong on his legs, but still of his
tongue.
Strong of his hands, and strong on his legs, but still of his
tongue.
When we have what we like 'tis hard to miss it.
When we have what we like 'tis hard to miss it.
