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Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches
and honour.
Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches
and honour.
Who gives to all, denies all.
Who gives to all, denies all.
A lie that is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.
A lie that is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.
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.
Hee that hath one hogge makes him fat, and hee that hath one son
makes him a foole.
Hee that hath one hogge makes him fat, and hee that hath one son
makes him a foole.
Honesty is the best policy.
Honesty is the best policy.
Little journeys and good cost bring safe home.
Little journeys and good cost bring safe home.
Hee that hath a wife and children wants not businesse.
Hee that hath a wife and children wants not businesse.
Who likes not the drinke, God deprives him of bread.
Who likes not the drinke, God deprives him of bread.
