(They are unknown) because they had no bard to sing their praises.

(They are unknown) because they had no bard to sing their praises.

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.

It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.

It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.

The tongue walkes where the teeth speede not.

The tongue walkes where the teeth speede not.

Love and a cough cannot be hid.

Love and a cough cannot be hid.

They that hold the greatest farmes, pay the least rent (applyed
to rich men that are unthankful to God).

They that hold the greatest farmes, pay the least rent (applyed
to rich men that are unthankful to God).

To gaine teacheth how to spend.

To gaine teacheth how to spend.

The style is the man.
[Fr., Le style c'est l'homme.]

The style is the man.
[Fr., Le style c'est l'homme.]

Let to-morrow take care of to-morrow,
Leave things of the future to fate;
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Let to-morrow take care of to-morrow,
Leave things of the future to fate;
What's the use to anticipate sorrow?
Life's troubles come never too late.