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Give loosers leave to talke.
Give loosers leave to talke.
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
Like a young eagle, who has lent his plume
To fledge the shaft by which he meets his doom,
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Like a young eagle, who has lent his plume
To fledge the shaft by which he meets his doom,
See their own feathers pluck'd, to wing the dart,
Which rank corruption destines for their heart!
Hee that knowes what may bee gained in a day never steales.
Hee that knowes what may bee gained in a day never steales.
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls
of the air, and they shall read more
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls
of the air, and they shall tell thee:
Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes
of the sea shall declare unto thee.
The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of
a farthing sixe pence.
The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of
a farthing sixe pence.
Better a bare foote then none.
[Better a barefoot than none.]
Better a bare foote then none.
[Better a barefoot than none.]
Learne weeping, and thou shalt laugh gayning.
Learne weeping, and thou shalt laugh gayning.
(They are unknown) because they had no bard to sing their praises.
(They are unknown) because they had no bard to sing their praises.
