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Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Of all read more
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.
His golden locks time hath to silver turned.
His golden locks time hath to silver turned.
There's nothing makes me so much grieve,
As that abominable tittle-tattle,
Which is the cud eschew'd by read more
There's nothing makes me so much grieve,
As that abominable tittle-tattle,
Which is the cud eschew'd by human cattle.
The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew,
And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.
The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew,
And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.
A hundred loade of thought will not pay one of debts.
A hundred loade of thought will not pay one of debts.
Bad beginnings, bad endings.
Bad beginnings, bad endings.
How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds
Makes ill deeds done.
How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds
Makes ill deeds done.
Grief is put to flight and assuaged by generous draughts.
Grief is put to flight and assuaged by generous draughts.
A child correct behind and not before.
A child correct behind and not before.
