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By many indignities we come to dignities.
By many indignities we come to dignities.
[A woman] fiercer than a cubless tigress.
[A woman] fiercer than a cubless tigress.
Whether goest, griefe? where I am wont.
Whether goest, griefe? where I am wont.
How many cowards whose hearts are all as false
As stairs of sand, wear yet upon their chins
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How many cowards whose hearts are all as false
As stairs of sand, wear yet upon their chins
The beards of Hercules and frowning Mars,
Who inward searched, have livers white as milk!
Roses grow on thorns and honey wears a sting.
Roses grow on thorns and honey wears a sting.
What is the matter with Kansas?
What is the matter with Kansas?
A peace above all earthly dignities,
A still and quiet conscience.
A peace above all earthly dignities,
A still and quiet conscience.
Snuffling through his nose some stale joke.
Snuffling through his nose some stale joke.
This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
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This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
With some rhyme, rotten sentence, or old saying,
Such spokes as ye ancient of ye parish use.
