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Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.
Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.
Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise,
(That last infirmity of noble mind)
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Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise,
(That last infirmity of noble mind)
To scorn delights, and live laborious days;
But the fair guerdon when we hope to find,
And think to burst out into sudden blaze,
Comes the blind Fury with th' abhorred shears,
And slits the thin-spun life.
Every one who repeats it adds something to the scandal. [The
rolling snow-ball.]
Every one who repeats it adds something to the scandal. [The
rolling snow-ball.]
Men at some times are masters of their fates.
Men at some times are masters of their fates.
What mare's nest hast thou found?
What mare's nest hast thou found?
A position of dignity is more easily improved upon than acquired.
A position of dignity is more easily improved upon than acquired.
Honesty is the best policy.
Honesty is the best policy.
Wisedome hath one foot on Land, and another on Sea.
Wisedome hath one foot on Land, and another on Sea.
To rise with the lark, and go to bed with the lamb.
To rise with the lark, and go to bed with the lamb.
