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He will be beloved when he is no more.
He will be beloved when he is no more.
Great things rush to the destruction of each other.
Great things rush to the destruction of each other.
Fooles bite one another, but wise-men agree together.
Fooles bite one another, but wise-men agree together.
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.
Man naturally yearns for novelty.
Man naturally yearns for novelty.
The mother endures with greater courage the loss of one out many
children, than she who, in her tears, read more
The mother endures with greater courage the loss of one out many
children, than she who, in her tears, exclaims, "Thou wast my
only one!"
One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor;
And so in read more
One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor;
And so in ours, some neighboring nation,
Taking advantage of our misery,
Hath stuffed the hollow vessels with their power,
To beat us down, the which are down already;
And make a conquest of unhappy,
Whereas no glory 's got to overcome.
Our praises are our wages.
Our praises are our wages.
Hee that lives ill, feare followes him.
Hee that lives ill, feare followes him.
