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The sun sets without thy assistance.
The sun sets without thy assistance.
However exalted our position, we should still not despise the
powers of the humble.
However exalted our position, we should still not despise the
powers of the humble.
A living dog is better than a dead lion.
A living dog is better than a dead lion.
He that hath lands hath quarrells.
He that hath lands hath quarrells.
Content is more than a kingdom.
Content is more than a kingdom.
If any man shall have ears to hear, let him hear.
If any man shall have ears to hear, let him hear.
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all;
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied read more
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all;
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought,
And enterprises of great pitch and moment,
With this regard their currents turn awry,
And lose the name of action.
The secret wound still lives within the breast.
[Lat., Tacitum vivit sub pectore vulnus.]
The secret wound still lives within the breast.
[Lat., Tacitum vivit sub pectore vulnus.]
He that is afraid of leaves, goes not to the wood.
He that is afraid of leaves, goes not to the wood.
