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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.
When war is raging the laws are dumb.
When war is raging the laws are dumb.
Better suffer ill, then doe ill.
Better suffer ill, then doe ill.
Which he by hook or crook has gather'd
And by his own inventions father'd.
Which he by hook or crook has gather'd
And by his own inventions father'd.
Preferment goes by letter and affection,
And not by old gradation, where each second
Stood heir to read more
Preferment goes by letter and affection,
And not by old gradation, where each second
Stood heir to th's first.
It was intended to be a vase, it has turned out a pot.
It was intended to be a vase, it has turned out a pot.
Oh what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
Oh what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
He that hath a head of waxe must not walke in the sunne.
He that hath a head of waxe must not walke in the sunne.
Promising is the eve of giving.
Promising is the eve of giving.
