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'Tis strange, but true: for truth is always strange;
Stranger than fiction.
'Tis strange, but true: for truth is always strange;
Stranger than fiction.
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.
Preferment goes by letter and affection.
Preferment goes by letter and affection.
He that looseth is Marchant as well as he that gaines.
He that looseth is Marchant as well as he that gaines.
That which never has been, never is, and never will be.
That which never has been, never is, and never will be.
Her pretty action did outsell her gift,
And yet enriched it too. She gave it me and said
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Her pretty action did outsell her gift,
And yet enriched it too. She gave it me and said
She prized it once.
Every tub must stand upon its bottom.
Every tub must stand upon its bottom.
The first and last frosts are the worst.
The first and last frosts are the worst.
Love rules the court, the camp, the grove,
And men below and saints above,
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Love rules the court, the camp, the grove,
And men below and saints above,
For love is heaven and heaven is love.
