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I dare do all that may become a man;
Who dares do more is none.
I dare do all that may become a man;
Who dares do more is none.
As many servants so many enemies.
As many servants so many enemies.
Why will no man confess his faults? Because he continues to
indulge in them; a man cannot tell his read more
Why will no man confess his faults? Because he continues to
indulge in them; a man cannot tell his dream till he wakes.
He makes a great row but does nothing.
He makes a great row but does nothing.
Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world
Like a Colossus, and we petty men
Walk under read more
Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world
Like a Colossus, and we petty men
Walk under his huge legs and peep about
To find ourselves dishonorable graves.
Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft.
Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft.
It so falls out
That what we have we prize not to the worth
Whiles we enjoy read more
It so falls out
That what we have we prize not to the worth
Whiles we enjoy it; but being lacked and lost,
Why, then we rack the value.
When all men have what belongs to them, it cannot bee much.
When all men have what belongs to them, it cannot bee much.
Only by the candle, held in the skeleton hand of Poverty, can man
read his own dark heart.
Only by the candle, held in the skeleton hand of Poverty, can man
read his own dark heart.
