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Let the poor man mind his tongue.
Let the poor man mind his tongue.
There is a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue.
There is a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue.
Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.
Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.
He can do most who has most power.
He can do most who has most power.
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful.
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful.
The wife is the key of the house.
The wife is the key of the house.
Like St. George, always in his saddle, never on his way.
- Clement Walker,
Like St. George, always in his saddle, never on his way.
- Clement Walker,
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.
