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It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
The love of popularity holds you in a vice.
The love of popularity holds you in a vice.
What, lost a world, and bade a hero fly?
The timid tear in Cleopatra's eye.
What, lost a world, and bade a hero fly?
The timid tear in Cleopatra's eye.
There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four
which I know not:
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There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four
which I know not:
The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock;
the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man
with a maid.
An upbraided morsell never choaked any.
An upbraided morsell never choaked any.
Hee that learnes a trade hath a purchase made.
Hee that learnes a trade hath a purchase made.
All feete tread not in one shoe.
All feete tread not in one shoe.
Harp not on that string, madam; that is past.
Harp not on that string, madam; that is past.
When a dog is a drowning, everyone offers him drink.
When a dog is a drowning, everyone offers him drink.
