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He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist.
He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist.
Stay till the lame messenger come, if you will know the truth of
the thing.
Stay till the lame messenger come, if you will know the truth of
the thing.
Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.
Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.
An injury may prove a blessing.
An injury may prove a blessing.
Say to pleasure, Gentle Eve, I will none of your apple.
Say to pleasure, Gentle Eve, I will none of your apple.
It is no easy matter to say commonplace things in an original
way.
It is no easy matter to say commonplace things in an original
way.
The net is not spread for the hawk or the kite.
The net is not spread for the hawk or the kite.
Think'st thou it honourable for a noble man
Still to remember wrongs?
Think'st thou it honourable for a noble man
Still to remember wrongs?
Come, we burn daylight, ho!
Nay, that's not so.
I mean, sir, in delay
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Come, we burn daylight, ho!
Nay, that's not so.
I mean, sir, in delay
We waste our lights in vain, like lamps by day.