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 But man, proud man,
 Drest in a little brief authority,--
  Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven
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 But man, proud man,
 Drest in a little brief authority,--
  Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven
   As make the angels weep. 
 You can drive out nature with a pitchfork but she keeps on coming 
back.  
 You can drive out nature with a pitchfork but she keeps on coming 
back. 
Felds hath eyen, and wode have eres.
Felds hath eyen, and wode have eres.
The honied tongue hath its poison.
The honied tongue hath its poison.
 There is an order
 Of mortals on the earth, who do become
  Old in their youth, and read more 
 There is an order
 Of mortals on the earth, who do become
  Old in their youth, and die ere middle age. 
Every one hath a foole in his sleeve.
Every one hath a foole in his sleeve.
We are born poets. we become orators.
We are born poets. we become orators.
 Let but the hours of idleness cease, and the bow of Cupid will 
become broken and his torch extinguished.  
 Let but the hours of idleness cease, and the bow of Cupid will 
become broken and his torch extinguished.