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The deeper the sorrow the less tongue it hath.
The deeper the sorrow the less tongue it hath.
Power seldome grows old at Court.
Power seldome grows old at Court.
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.
Diseases, desperate grown,
By desperate appliance are reliev'd,
Or not at all.
Diseases, desperate grown,
By desperate appliance are reliev'd,
Or not at all.
To a boyling pot flies comes not.
[To a boiling pot flies come not.]
To a boyling pot flies comes not.
[To a boiling pot flies come not.]
Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to
you, do ye even so to them: for read more
Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to
you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
Be wise to-day; 'tis madness to defer.
Be wise to-day; 'tis madness to defer.
He who wants to get rich wants to get rich quickly.
He who wants to get rich wants to get rich quickly.
A white wall is the paper of a foole.
A white wall is the paper of a foole.