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With swimming looks of speechless tenderness.
With swimming looks of speechless tenderness.
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.
In spending lies the advantage.
In spending lies the advantage.
To a great night, a great Lanthorne.
To a great night, a great Lanthorne.
What an alteration of honour has
Desperate want made!
What an alteration of honour has
Desperate want made!
Unexpected results are the rule rather than the exception.
Unexpected results are the rule rather than the exception.
Admonish your friends in private; praise them in public.
Admonish your friends in private; praise them in public.
Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale.
Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale.
Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.
Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.
