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 It's a poore sport that's not worth the candle.
 [It is a poor sport that is not worth the read more 
 It's a poore sport that's not worth the candle.
 [It is a poor sport that is not worth the candle.] 
Rome was not built in a day.
Rome was not built in a day.
He that steals an egge, will steal an oxe.
He that steals an egge, will steal an oxe.
 But this swift business
 I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
  Make the prize light.  
 But this swift business
 I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
  Make the prize light. 
I sit within a helmless bark.
I sit within a helmless bark.
When war is raging the laws are dumb.
When war is raging the laws are dumb.
 The strongest and the fiercest spirit
 That fought in heaven, now fiercer by despair.  
 The strongest and the fiercest spirit
 That fought in heaven, now fiercer by despair. 
At Rome I love Tibur; then, like a weathercock, at Tibur Rome.
At Rome I love Tibur; then, like a weathercock, at Tibur Rome.