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The battle is over when the foe has fallen.
The battle is over when the foe has fallen.
I would have thee gone,
And yet no further than a wanton's bird,
Who lets it hop read more
I would have thee gone,
And yet no further than a wanton's bird,
Who lets it hop a little from her hand,
Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves,
And with a silk thread plucks it back again.
Open rebuke is better than secret love.
Open rebuke is better than secret love.
Hee that hath patience hath fatt thrushes for a farthing.
Hee that hath patience hath fatt thrushes for a farthing.
The point is plain as a pike staff.
The point is plain as a pike staff.
The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together;
our virtues would be proud read more
The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together;
our virtues would be proud if our faults whipped them not, and
our crimes would despair if they were not cherished by our
virtues.
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.
If you are only an underling, don't dress too fine.
If you are only an underling, don't dress too fine.
They that stand high have many blasts to shake them.
They that stand high have many blasts to shake them.
