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.

The pupil will eclipse his tutor, I warrant.

The pupil will eclipse his tutor, I warrant.

Man's inhumanity to man
Makes countless thousands mourn!

Man's inhumanity to man
Makes countless thousands mourn!

Who likes not the drinke, God deprives him of bread.

Who likes not the drinke, God deprives him of bread.

He who wants to get rich wants to get rich quickly.

He who wants to get rich wants to get rich quickly.

If the tag-rag people did not clap him and hiss him, according as
he pleased and displeased them. . read more

If the tag-rag people did not clap him and hiss him, according as
he pleased and displeased them. . . . I am no true man.

The sonne full and tattered, the daughter empty and fine.

The sonne full and tattered, the daughter empty and fine.

Of all the griefs that harass the distress'd,
Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest;
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Of all the griefs that harass the distress'd,
Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest;
Fate never wounds more deep the generous heart,
Than when a blockhead's insult points the dart.

Bear with evil, and expect good.

Bear with evil, and expect good.