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A fair day in winter is the mother of a storme.
A fair day in winter is the mother of a storme.
But neither bended knees, pure hands held up,
Sad sighs, deep groans, nor silver-shedding tears,
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But neither bended knees, pure hands held up,
Sad sighs, deep groans, nor silver-shedding tears,
Could penetrate her uncompassionate sire.
There are more Physitians in health then drunkards.
There are more Physitians in health then drunkards.
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.
The tongue walkes where the teeth speede not.
The tongue walkes where the teeth speede not.
Success in crime always invites to worse deeds.
Success in crime always invites to worse deeds.
A shippe and a woman are ever repairing.
A shippe and a woman are ever repairing.
To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot.
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To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot.
[To take the nuts from the fire with the dog's foot.]
To a greedy eating horse a short halter.
To a greedy eating horse a short halter.