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The best of the sport is to doe the deede, and say nothing.
The best of the sport is to doe the deede, and say nothing.
Consider not what may do, but what it will become you to do.
Consider not what may do, but what it will become you to do.
Faire is not faire, but that which pleaseth.
Faire is not faire, but that which pleaseth.
Your property is in danger when your neighbour's house is on
fire.
Your property is in danger when your neighbour's house is on
fire.
Unto the pure all things are pure.
Unto the pure all things are pure.
As dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to this folly.
As dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to this folly.
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.
Wishing, of all employments is the worst.
Wishing, of all employments is the worst.
Slowly and imperceptibly old age comes creeping on.
Slowly and imperceptibly old age comes creeping on.
