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Thus conscience does make cowards of us all.
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all.
For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime,
Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer.
For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime,
Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer.
Vice deceives us when dressed in the garb of virtue.
Vice deceives us when dressed in the garb of virtue.
[A woman] fiercer than a cubless tigress.
[A woman] fiercer than a cubless tigress.
Warre makes theeves, and peace hangs them.
Warre makes theeves, and peace hangs them.
Words pay no debts.
Words pay no debts.
Neither praise nor dispraise thy selfe, thy actins serve the
turne.
Neither praise nor dispraise thy selfe, thy actins serve the
turne.
How sweet the task to shield an absent friend!
I ask but this of mine to--not defend.
How sweet the task to shield an absent friend!
I ask but this of mine to--not defend.
