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A heart unspotted is not easily daunted.
A heart unspotted is not easily daunted.
Who steals my purse steals trash; 'tis something, nothing.
'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands;
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Who steals my purse steals trash; 'tis something, nothing.
'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands;
But he that filches from me my good name
Robs me of that which not enriches him
And makes me poor indeed.
The slothful is the servant of the counters.
The slothful is the servant of the counters.
Let not our proposal be disregarded on the score of our youth.
Let not our proposal be disregarded on the score of our youth.
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is,
To have a thankless child.
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is,
To have a thankless child.
O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil.
O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil.
One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
Turn giddy and be read more
One fire burns out another's burning,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
Turn giddy and be holp by backward turning;
One desperate grief cures with another's languish.
A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
