Virtue lies half way between two opposite vices.

Virtue lies half way between two opposite vices.

What king so strong,
Can tie the gall up in a slanderer's tongue?

What king so strong,
Can tie the gall up in a slanderer's tongue?

Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
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Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Of all the wonders that I yet have heard.
It seems to me most strange that men should fear,
Seeing that death, a necessary end,
Will come when it will come.

Though the Fox run, the chicken hath wings.

Though the Fox run, the chicken hath wings.

Laughter
Leaves us doubly serious shortly after.

Laughter
Leaves us doubly serious shortly after.

The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.

The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.

Aske much to have a little.

Aske much to have a little.

How fallen, how changed
From him, who, in the happy realms of light,
Clothed with transcendent brightness, read more

How fallen, how changed
From him, who, in the happy realms of light,
Clothed with transcendent brightness, didst outshine
Myriads, though bright.

To hear is to heed.

To hear is to heed.