Craft against vice I must apply.

Craft against vice I must apply.

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.

A Tyrant is most tyrant to himselfe.

A Tyrant is most tyrant to himselfe.

Keep not ill men company, lest you increase the number.

Keep not ill men company, lest you increase the number.

Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale.

Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale.

If God lived on earth, people would break his windows.

If God lived on earth, people would break his windows.

The man that heweth over high,
Some chip falleth in his eye.

The man that heweth over high,
Some chip falleth in his eye.

She only is chaste, who is chaste where there is no danger of
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She only is chaste, who is chaste where there is no danger of
detection: she who does not, because she may not, does.

Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold,
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Through tattered clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold,
And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks;
Arm it in rags, a pygmy's straw does pierce it.