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Oh what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
Oh what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
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!
It's not good fishing before the net.
It's not good fishing before the net.
We praise old times, but show no curiosity about modern events.
We praise old times, but show no curiosity about modern events.
A feeble dart short of its mark.
A feeble dart short of its mark.
That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
Hee that sendes a foole, means to follow him.
Hee that sendes a foole, means to follow him.
Wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered
together.
Wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered
together.
Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.
Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.
