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When a dog is a drowning, everyone offers him drink.
When a dog is a drowning, everyone offers him drink.
You may break, you may shatter the vase, as you will,
But the scent of the roses will hang read more
You may break, you may shatter the vase, as you will,
But the scent of the roses will hang round it still.
He has nibbled at the bay. [A poetaster.]
He has nibbled at the bay. [A poetaster.]
Halfe the world knowes not how the other halfe lies.
Halfe the world knowes not how the other halfe lies.
Don't promise twice what you can do at once.
Don't promise twice what you can do at once.
Be stirring as the time, be fire with fire;
Threaten the threat'ner, and outface the brow
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Be stirring as the time, be fire with fire;
Threaten the threat'ner, and outface the brow
Of bragging horror.
The plant often removed cannot thrive.
The plant often removed cannot thrive.
Wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered
together.
Wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered
together.
