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When your armour is on, it is too late to retreat.
When your armour is on, it is too late to retreat.
The silent countenance often speaks with expressive eloquence.
The silent countenance often speaks with expressive eloquence.
Give me the soft sigh, whilst the soul-telling eye
Is dimm'd for a time with a tear.
Give me the soft sigh, whilst the soul-telling eye
Is dimm'd for a time with a tear.
It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.
It is sheer folly to take unwilling hounds to the chase.
The clown waits for the river to run itself dry. [Crossing
Cheapside.]
The clown waits for the river to run itself dry. [Crossing
Cheapside.]
Hee that doth what hee will, doth not what he ought.
Hee that doth what hee will, doth not what he ought.
Strike the iron whilst it is hot.
Strike the iron whilst it is hot.
Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.
Religion, Credit, and the Eye are not to be touched.
His sickness increases from the remedies applied to cure it.
His sickness increases from the remedies applied to cure it.
