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When your armour is on, it is too late to retreat.
When your armour is on, it is too late to retreat.
The monarch drank that happy hour
The sweetest, noblest draught of power.
The monarch drank that happy hour
The sweetest, noblest draught of power.
Sweet are the uses of adversity,
Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous,
Wears yet a precious read more
Sweet are the uses of adversity,
Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous,
Wears yet a precious jewel in his head.
They let out on hire their passions and eloquence. [Referring to
lawyers.]
They let out on hire their passions and eloquence. [Referring to
lawyers.]
It is easy to be wise after the event.
It is easy to be wise after the event.
Hee that demands misseth not, unlesse his demands be foolish.
Hee that demands misseth not, unlesse his demands be foolish.
The more women looke in their glasse, the lesse they looke to
their house.
The more women looke in their glasse, the lesse they looke to
their house.
He makes a solitude, and calls it peace.
He makes a solitude, and calls it peace.
We hold our greyhound in our hand,
Our falcon on our glove;
But where shall we find read more
We hold our greyhound in our hand,
Our falcon on our glove;
But where shall we find leash, or band,
For dame that loves to rove?
