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Fear keepes and looks to the vineyard, and not the owner.
Fear keepes and looks to the vineyard, and not the owner.
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.
Silkes and Satins put out the fire in the chimney.
Silkes and Satins put out the fire in the chimney.
You rub the sore
When you should bring the plaster!
You rub the sore
When you should bring the plaster!
The greatest power of ruling consists in the exercise of
self-control.
The greatest power of ruling consists in the exercise of
self-control.
How blessings brighten as they take their flight.
How blessings brighten as they take their flight.
You whirled them to the back of beyont.
You whirled them to the back of beyont.
Fine dressing is a foule house swept before the doores.
Fine dressing is a foule house swept before the doores.
