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But this swift business
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light.
But this swift business
I must uneasy make, lest too light winning
Make the prize light.
Give a clowne your finger, and he will take your hand.
Give a clowne your finger, and he will take your hand.
Water, fire, and souldiers, quickly make roome.
Water, fire, and souldiers, quickly make roome.
How use doth breed a habit in a man!
How use doth breed a habit in a man!
Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak
Whispers the o'erfraught heart, and bids it break.
Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak
Whispers the o'erfraught heart, and bids it break.
Gentility is nothing but Ancient Riches.
Gentility is nothing but Ancient Riches.
The brave are born from the brave and good. In steers and in
horses is to be found the read more
The brave are born from the brave and good. In steers and in
horses is to be found the excellence of their sire; nor do savage
eagles produce a peaceful dove.
[Lat., Fortes creantur fortibus et bonis;
Est in juvenis, est in equibus patrum
Virtus; nee imbellem feroces
Progenerant aquilae columbam.]
They that stand high have many blasts to shake them.
They that stand high have many blasts to shake them.
