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With bated breath we offer wicked vows.
With bated breath we offer wicked vows.
The best bred have the best portion.
The best bred have the best portion.
Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.
Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.
He that burnes most shines most.
He that burnes most shines most.
Fill the cup and fill the can,
Have a rouse before the morn;
Every minute dies a read more
Fill the cup and fill the can,
Have a rouse before the morn;
Every minute dies a man,
Every minute one is born.
Hee is not free that drawes his chaine.
Hee is not free that drawes his chaine.
The eagle suffers little birds to sing,
And is not careful what they mean thereby,
Knowing that read more
The eagle suffers little birds to sing,
And is not careful what they mean thereby,
Knowing that with the shadow of his wings
He can at pleasure stint their melody:
Even so mayest thou the giddy men of Rome.
He that deales in the world needes foure seeves.
He that deales in the world needes foure seeves.
Thou marvell'st at my words, but hold thee still;
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
Thou marvell'st at my words, but hold thee still;
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
