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She never told her love,
But let concealment, like a worm i' th' bud,
Feed on her read more
She never told her love,
But let concealment, like a worm i' th' bud,
Feed on her damask cheek. She pined in thought;
And, with a green and yellow melancholy,
She sat like Patience on a monument,
Smiling at grief.
Take heed of credit decaid, and people that have nothing.
Take heed of credit decaid, and people that have nothing.
He puts his boot on his head, and his foot in his helmet.
He puts his boot on his head, and his foot in his helmet.
Successful villany is called virtue.
Successful villany is called virtue.
There are games in which it is better to lose than win.
There are games in which it is better to lose than win.
Hit the nail on the head.
Hit the nail on the head.
When men grow virtuous in their old age they are merely making a
sacrifice to God of the devil's read more
When men grow virtuous in their old age they are merely making a
sacrifice to God of the devil's leavings.
It is very hard to shave an egge.
It is very hard to shave an egge.
Lay her in the earth,
And from her fair and unpolluted flesh
May violets spring.
Lay her in the earth,
And from her fair and unpolluted flesh
May violets spring.