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Falsehood is often rocked by truth, but she soon outgrows her
cradle, and discards her nurse.
Falsehood is often rocked by truth, but she soon outgrows her
cradle, and discards her nurse.
Princes are venison in Heaven.
Princes are venison in Heaven.
The Chicken is the Countries, but the Citie eats it.
The Chicken is the Countries, but the Citie eats it.
How many cowards whose hearts are all as false
As stairs of sand, wear yet upon their chins
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How many cowards whose hearts are all as false
As stairs of sand, wear yet upon their chins
The beards of Hercules and frowning Mars,
Who inward searched, have livers white as milk!
They dance, they revel, and they sing,
Till the rude turrets shake and ring.
They dance, they revel, and they sing,
Till the rude turrets shake and ring.
Of all smells, bread: of all tasts, salt.
Of all smells, bread: of all tasts, salt.
To bee beloved is above all bargaines.
To bee beloved is above all bargaines.
Marriages are made in Heaven.
Marriages are made in Heaven.
I shall speak facts; but some will say I deal in fiction.
I shall speak facts; but some will say I deal in fiction.