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New customs,
Though they be never so ridiculous,
(Nay, let 'em be unmanly), yet are followed.
New customs,
Though they be never so ridiculous,
(Nay, let 'em be unmanly), yet are followed.
He that is fallen cannot helpe him that is downe.
He that is fallen cannot helpe him that is downe.
Faire words makes mee looke to my purse.
Faire words makes mee looke to my purse.
He that will take the bird, must not skare it.
He that will take the bird, must not skare it.
How many cowards whose hearts are all as false
As stairs of sand, wear yet upon their chins
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How many cowards whose hearts are all as false
As stairs of sand, wear yet upon their chins
The beards of Hercules and frowning Mars,
Who inward searched, have livers white as milk!
Tam lo'ed him like a vera brither;
They had been fou for weeks thegither.
Tam lo'ed him like a vera brither;
They had been fou for weeks thegither.
One to destroy is murder by the law,
And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe;
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One to destroy is murder by the law,
And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe;
To murder thousands takes a specious name,
War's glorious art, and gives immortal fame.
Say no ill of the yeere, till it be past.
Say no ill of the yeere, till it be past.
A well-bred youth neither speakes of himselfe, nor being spoken
to is silent.
A well-bred youth neither speakes of himselfe, nor being spoken
to is silent.
