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We start from the Mother's Arms and we run to the Dustshovel.
We start from the Mother's Arms and we run to the Dustshovel.
Great actions are not always true sons
Of great and mighty resolutions.
Great actions are not always true sons
Of great and mighty resolutions.
What's done cannot be undone.
What's done cannot be undone.
Woes cluster; rare are solitary woes;
They love a train, they tread each other's heel.
Woes cluster; rare are solitary woes;
They love a train, they tread each other's heel.
Preferment goes by letter and affection.
Preferment goes by letter and affection.
It takes much from the account, to which his sin doth amount.
It takes much from the account, to which his sin doth amount.
Everyone puts his fault on the Times.
Everyone puts his fault on the Times.
The guilty are alarmed and turn pale at the slightest thunder.
The guilty are alarmed and turn pale at the slightest thunder.
For man is man, and master of his fate.
For man is man, and master of his fate.