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No man is a hero to his valet.
[Fr., Il n'y a pas de grand homme pour son valet-de-chambre.]
No man is a hero to his valet.
[Fr., Il n'y a pas de grand homme pour son valet-de-chambre.]
They say, best men are moulded out of faults.
They say, best men are moulded out of faults.
With swimming looks of speechless tenderness.
With swimming looks of speechless tenderness.
His golden locks time hath to silver turned,
O time too swift! O swiftness never ceasing!
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His golden locks time hath to silver turned,
O time too swift! O swiftness never ceasing!
His youth 'gainst Time and Age hath ever spurned,
But spurned in vain! Youth waneth by increasing.
That eagle's fate and mine are one,
Which, on the shaft that made him die,
Espied a read more
That eagle's fate and mine are one,
Which, on the shaft that made him die,
Espied a feather of his own,
Wherewith he wont to soar so high.
He that chastens one, chastens 20.
He that chastens one, chastens 20.
To be too busie gets contempt.
To be too busie gets contempt.
Hold their nose to the grindstone.
Hold their nose to the grindstone.
If any man shall have ears to hear, let him hear.
If any man shall have ears to hear, let him hear.
