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Virtue is increased by the smile of approval; and the love of
renown is the greatest incentive to honourable read more
Virtue is increased by the smile of approval; and the love of
renown is the greatest incentive to honourable acts.
Who hath no more bread then neede, must not keepe a dog.
Who hath no more bread then neede, must not keepe a dog.
A master of straw eates a servant of steele.
A master of straw eates a servant of steele.
Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle.
Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle.
The faulty stands on his guard.
The faulty stands on his guard.
Heresie is the school of pride.
Heresie is the school of pride.
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
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Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
And some condemned for a fault alone.
Hee hath not liv'd, that lives not after death.
Hee hath not liv'd, that lives not after death.
Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye,
And where care lodges, sleep will never lie;
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Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye,
And where care lodges, sleep will never lie;
But where unbruised youth with unstuffed brain
Doth couch his limbs, there golden sleep doth reign.
