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Alas, by what trivial causes is greatness overthrown!
Alas, by what trivial causes is greatness overthrown!
And thus I clothe my naked villany
With old odd ends, stol'n out of holy writ,
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And thus I clothe my naked villany
With old odd ends, stol'n out of holy writ,
And seem a saint when most I play the devil.
A friend always loves, but he who loves is not always a friend.
A friend always loves, but he who loves is not always a friend.
If Jack's in love, he's no judge of Jill's beauty.
If Jack's in love, he's no judge of Jill's beauty.
Never was anything so inconsistent.
Never was anything so inconsistent.
Each must drain
His share of pleasure, share of pain.
Each must drain
His share of pleasure, share of pain.
Think you if Laura had been Petrarch's wife
He would have written sonnets all his life?
Think you if Laura had been Petrarch's wife
He would have written sonnets all his life?
In an evil hour thou bring'st her home. [You are marrying a
shrew.]
In an evil hour thou bring'st her home. [You are marrying a
shrew.]
Hee that keepes his owne makes warre.
Hee that keepes his owne makes warre.