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Ah, that deceit should steal such gentle shapes,
And with a virtuous vizor hide deep vice!
Ah, that deceit should steal such gentle shapes,
And with a virtuous vizor hide deep vice!
Stay a while, that we may make an end the sooner.
Stay a while, that we may make an end the sooner.
Doe what thou oughtest, and come what come can.
Doe what thou oughtest, and come what come can.
Make hay while the sun shines.
Make hay while the sun shines.
When a knave is in a plumtree he hath neither friend nor kin.
When a knave is in a plumtree he hath neither friend nor kin.
As the sweet voice of a bird,
Heard by the lander in a lonely isle,
Moves him read more
As the sweet voice of a bird,
Heard by the lander in a lonely isle,
Moves him to think what kind of bird it is,
That sings so delicately clear, and make
Conjecture of the plumage and the form.
Pleasure bought with pain does harm.
Pleasure bought with pain does harm.
To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot.
[To take the nuts from the fire with read more
To take the nuts from the fire with the dogges foot.
[To take the nuts from the fire with the dog's foot.]
Eloquence enough, but little wisdom.
Eloquence enough, but little wisdom.
