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For the same man to be an heretick and a good subject, is
incompossible.
For the same man to be an heretick and a good subject, is
incompossible.
Employ thy time well if thou meanest to get leisure.
Employ thy time well if thou meanest to get leisure.
The mountains are in labour, the birth will be an absurd little
mouse.
The mountains are in labour, the birth will be an absurd little
mouse.
We must love, as looking one day to hate.
We must love, as looking one day to hate.
When my house burnes, it's not good playing at Chesse.
When my house burnes, it's not good playing at Chesse.
The sure way to wickedness is through wickedness.
The sure way to wickedness is through wickedness.
Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod?
Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod?
Even play has ended in fierce strife and anger.
Even play has ended in fierce strife and anger.
No hour brings good fortune to one man without bringing
misfortune to another.
No hour brings good fortune to one man without bringing
misfortune to another.