The Mill gets by going.

The Mill gets by going.

Hee that stumbles and falles not, mends his pace.

Hee that stumbles and falles not, mends his pace.

The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.

The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.

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.

Behold him in conceited circles sail,
Strutting and dancing and now planted stiff,
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Behold him in conceited circles sail,
Strutting and dancing and now planted stiff,
In all his pomp of pageantry, as if
He felt the eyes of Europe on his tail.

He only does it to annoy you.

He only does it to annoy you.

A kinsman, a friend, or whom you intreate, take not to serve you,
if you will be served neately.

A kinsman, a friend, or whom you intreate, take not to serve you,
if you will be served neately.

Tarred with the same stick.

Tarred with the same stick.

Hee that makes a thing too fine, breakes it.

Hee that makes a thing too fine, breakes it.