Between two hawks, which flies the higher pitch; Between two dogs, which hath the deeper mouth; Between two blades, which bears the better temper; Between two horses, which doth bear him best; Between two girls, which hath the merriest eye,— I have perhaps some shallow spirit of judgment; But in these nice sharp quillets of the law, Good faith, I am no wiser than a daw. -King Henry VI. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 4.
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And nothing can we call our own but death And that small model of the barren earth Which serves as read more
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This is the short and the long of it. -The Merry Wives of Windsor. Act ii. Sc. 2.
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With all appliances and means to boot. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act iii. Sc. 1.
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