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I am not what I once was.
[Lat., Non sum qualis eram.]
I am not what I once was.
[Lat., Non sum qualis eram.]
He that sends a foole expects one.
He that sends a foole expects one.
Take time: much may be gained by patience.
Take time: much may be gained by patience.
It is better to have wings then hornes.
It is better to have wings then hornes.
One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor;
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One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor;
And so in ours, some neighboring nation,
Taking advantage of our misery,
Hath stuffed the hollow vessels with their power,
To beat us down, the which are down already;
And make a conquest of unhappy,
Whereas no glory 's got to overcome.
Thursday come, and the week's gone.
Thursday come, and the week's gone.
Better to be blinde, then to see ill.
Better to be blinde, then to see ill.
Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just,
And he but naked, though locked up in steel,
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Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just,
And he but naked, though locked up in steel,
Whose conscience with injustice is corrupted.
You cannot make the fire so low but it will get out.
You cannot make the fire so low but it will get out.