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If you are only an underling, don't dress too fine.
If you are only an underling, don't dress too fine.
Presse a stick, and it seemes a youth.
Presse a stick, and it seemes a youth.
The naming of one man amounts to the exclusion of another.
The naming of one man amounts to the exclusion of another.
At night, to his own sharp fancies a prey,
He lies like a hedgehog rolled up the wrong way,
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At night, to his own sharp fancies a prey,
He lies like a hedgehog rolled up the wrong way,
Tormenting himself with his prickles.
What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
The eagle suffers little birds to sing,
And is not careful what they mean thereby,
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The eagle suffers little birds to sing,
And is not careful what they mean thereby,
Knowing that with the shadow of his wings
He can at pleasure stint their melody:
Even so mayest thou the giddy men of Rome.
Hee that lives in hope danceth without musick.
Hee that lives in hope danceth without musick.
A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
A poore beauty finds more lovers then husbands.
