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Wisdom is not only to be acquired, but enjoyed.
Wisdom is not only to be acquired, but enjoyed.
When sorrows come, they come not single spies,
But in battalions: first, her father slain;
Next, your read more
When sorrows come, they come not single spies,
But in battalions: first, her father slain;
Next, your son gone, and he most violent author
Of his own just remove; the people muddied,
Thick and unwholesome in their thoughts and whispers
For good Polonius' death, and we have done but greenly
In hugger-mugger to inter him; poor Ophelia
Divided from herself and her fair judgment,
Without the which we are pictures or mere beasts;
Last, and as much containing as all these,
Her brother is in secret come from France,
Feeds on his wonder, keeps himself in clouds,
And wants not buzzers to infect his ear
With pestilent speeches of his father's death,
Wherein necessity, of matter beggared,
Will nothing stick our person to arraign
In ear and ear.
The death of wolves is the safety of the sheep.
The death of wolves is the safety of the sheep.
What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.
What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.
Make it a point not to be over-fascinating.
Make it a point not to be over-fascinating.
When the Foxe preacheth, beware geese.
When the Foxe preacheth, beware geese.
With a smile on her lips, and a tear in her eye.
With a smile on her lips, and a tear in her eye.
The hard gives more then he that hath nothing.
The hard gives more then he that hath nothing.
The Philosophy of Princes is to dive into the Secrets of men,
leaving the secrets of nature to those read more
The Philosophy of Princes is to dive into the Secrets of men,
leaving the secrets of nature to those that have spare time.