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Every cock fights best on his own dunghill.
Every cock fights best on his own dunghill.
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.
Let the force of arms give place to law and justice.
Let the force of arms give place to law and justice.
Enjoy in happiness the pleasures which each hour brings with it.
Enjoy in happiness the pleasures which each hour brings with it.
It's a poore sport that's not worth the candle.
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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 candle.]
He did not care a button for it.
He did not care a button for it.
The judge is condemned when the guilty is acquitted.
[Lat., Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur.]
The judge is condemned when the guilty is acquitted.
[Lat., Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur.]
Don't long for the unripe grape.
Don't long for the unripe grape.
Am I always to be a mere listener? Shall I never reply?
Am I always to be a mere listener? Shall I never reply?
