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Beware of the young doctor and the old barber.
Beware of the young doctor and the old barber.
He that cockers his child, provides for his enemie.
He that cockers his child, provides for his enemie.
All they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.
All they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.
Heir follows heir, as wave succeeds to wave.
Heir follows heir, as wave succeeds to wave.
The morning Sunne never lasts a day.
The morning Sunne never lasts a day.
Farre shooting never kild bird.
Farre shooting never kild bird.
An examin'd enterprize goes on boldly.
An examin'd enterprize goes on boldly.
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.
