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Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall.
Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall.
Learned or unlearned we all must be scribbling.
Learned or unlearned we all must be scribbling.
We suffer more in imagination than in reality.
We suffer more in imagination than in reality.
O I have lost my reputation! I have lost the immortal part, sir,
of myself, and what remains is read more
O I have lost my reputation! I have lost the immortal part, sir,
of myself, and what remains is bestial.
To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot.
[To take the nuts from the fire with read more
To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot.
[To take the nuts from the fire with the dog's foot.]
So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
Life is halfe spent before we know what it is.
Life is halfe spent before we know what it is.
Accursed poison lies hid beneath sweet honey.
Accursed poison lies hid beneath sweet honey.
Some innocents 'scape not the thunderbolt.
Some innocents 'scape not the thunderbolt.