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No profit grows where is no pleasure ta'en.
In brief, sir, study what you most effect.
No profit grows where is no pleasure ta'en.
In brief, sir, study what you most effect.
(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.
Fiction intended to please, should resemble truth as much as
possible.
Fiction intended to please, should resemble truth as much as
possible.
To meditate an injury is to commit one.
To meditate an injury is to commit one.
Brabling Curres never want torne eares.
Brabling Curres never want torne eares.
The soft speeches of the wicked are full of deceit.
The soft speeches of the wicked are full of deceit.
To whirle the eyes too much shewes a Kites braine.
To whirle the eyes too much shewes a Kites braine.
How well I feathered by nest.
How well I feathered by nest.
