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I do not sacrifice, but lend myself to business.
I do not sacrifice, but lend myself to business.
Heresie may be easier kept out, then shooke off.
Heresie may be easier kept out, then shooke off.
But few prize honour more than money.
But few prize honour more than money.
Although you may strut about, proud of your purse, fortune
changes not birth.
Although you may strut about, proud of your purse, fortune
changes not birth.
The very rats
Instinctively had quit it.
The very rats
Instinctively had quit it.
Alas! sir,
In what have I offended you? What cause
Hath my behaviour given to your displeasure?
Alas! sir,
In what have I offended you? What cause
Hath my behaviour given to your displeasure?
They condemn that which they cannot comprehend.
They condemn that which they cannot comprehend.
I wept when I was borne, and every day shewes why.
[I wept when I was born and every read more
I wept when I was borne, and every day shewes why.
[I wept when I was born and every day explains why.]
Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale,
Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man,
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Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale,
Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man,
And bitter shame hath spoiled the sweet world's taste,
That it yields nought but shame and bitterness.