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What were vices have become the fashion of the day.
What were vices have become the fashion of the day.
There's no such conquering weapon as the necessity of conquering.
There's no such conquering weapon as the necessity of conquering.
We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.
We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.
No man is a hero to his valet.
[Fr., Il n'y a pas de grand homme pour son valet-de-chambre.]
No man is a hero to his valet.
[Fr., Il n'y a pas de grand homme pour son valet-de-chambre.]
It so falls out
That what we have we prize not to the worth
Whiles we enjoy read more
It so falls out
That what we have we prize not to the worth
Whiles we enjoy it; but being lacked and lost,
Why, then we rack the value.
O, a kiss
Long as my exile, sweet as my revenge!
Now, by the jealous queen of read more
O, a kiss
Long as my exile, sweet as my revenge!
Now, by the jealous queen of heaven, that kiss
I carried from thee dear; and my true lip
Hath virgined it e'er since.
This world is nothing except it tend to another.
This world is nothing except it tend to another.
Bear and forbear.
Bear and forbear.
A Caske and an ill custome must be broken.
A Caske and an ill custome must be broken.
