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.

An Oxe is taken by the horns, and a Man by the tongue.

An Oxe is taken by the horns, and a Man by the tongue.

Success gives the character of honesty to some classes of
wickedness.

Success gives the character of honesty to some classes of
wickedness.

Enjoy thankfully any happy hour heaven may send you, nor think
that your delights will keep till another year.

Enjoy thankfully any happy hour heaven may send you, nor think
that your delights will keep till another year.

Law sutes consume time, and mony, and rest, and friends.

Law sutes consume time, and mony, and rest, and friends.

The naming of one man amounts to the exclusion of another.

The naming of one man amounts to the exclusion of another.

The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.

The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.

A Lyons skin is never cheape.

A Lyons skin is never cheape.

They be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the
blind, both shall fall into the read more

They be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the
blind, both shall fall into the ditch.