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Passion and strife bow down the mind.
Passion and strife bow down the mind.
I can tell thee where that saying was born, of 'I fear no
colors.'
I can tell thee where that saying was born, of 'I fear no
colors.'
One eye of the masters sees more, then ten of the servants.
One eye of the masters sees more, then ten of the servants.
Employ thy time well if thou meanest to get leisure.
Employ thy time well if thou meanest to get leisure.
The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness
And in the taste confounds the appetite.
The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness
And in the taste confounds the appetite.
Falsehood is often rocked by truth, but she soon outgrows her
cradle, and discards her nurse.
Falsehood is often rocked by truth, but she soon outgrows her
cradle, and discards her nurse.
Warre and Physicke are governed by the eye.
Warre and Physicke are governed by the eye.
Behold him in conceited circles sail,
Strutting and dancing and now planted stiff,
In all his pomp read more
Behold him in conceited circles sail,
Strutting and dancing and now planted stiff,
In all his pomp of pageantry, as if
He felt the eyes of Europe on his tail.
What is not in a man cannot come out of him surely.
What is not in a man cannot come out of him surely.