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An ill deede cannot bring honour.
An ill deede cannot bring honour.
Hold their nose to the grindstone.
Hold their nose to the grindstone.
Mony refused looseth its brightnesse.
Mony refused looseth its brightnesse.
May everything he treads upon become a rose!
May everything he treads upon become a rose!
Frenzy, Heresie, and Jealovsie, seldome cured.
Frenzy, Heresie, and Jealovsie, seldome cured.
The Court hath no Almanack.
The Court hath no Almanack.
It is not permitted that we should know everything.
It is not permitted that we should know everything.
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.
The lofty pine is most easily brought low by the force of the
wind, and the higher the tower read more
The lofty pine is most easily brought low by the force of the
wind, and the higher the tower the greater the fall thereof.
