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The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new.
The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new.
Leave not a sword in the hand of an idiot.
Leave not a sword in the hand of an idiot.
Hee hath not liv'd, that lives not after death.
Hee hath not liv'd, that lives not after death.
He that hath a head of waxe must not walke in the sunne.
He that hath a head of waxe must not walke in the sunne.
It was the piece of straw that broke the camel's back.
It was the piece of straw that broke the camel's back.
Pleasure bought with pain does harm.
Pleasure bought with pain does harm.
A fool's wild speech confounds the wise.
A fool's wild speech confounds the wise.
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all;
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied read more
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all;
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought,
And enterprises of great pitch and moment,
With this regard their currents turn awry,
And lose the name of action.
