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If reasons were as plentiful as blackberries,
I would give no man a reason upon compulsion.
If reasons were as plentiful as blackberries,
I would give no man a reason upon compulsion.
O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me.
O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me.
He warmes too neere that burnes.
He warmes too neere that burnes.
Valour that parlies is neare yeelding.
Valour that parlies is neare yeelding.
Conscience, the executioner, shaking her secret scourge.
Conscience, the executioner, shaking her secret scourge.
I have cut my leg with my own adze.
I have cut my leg with my own adze.
For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her
mouth is smoother than oil:
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For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her
mouth is smoother than oil:
But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world
Like a Colossus, and we petty men
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Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world
Like a Colossus, and we petty men
Walk under his huge legs and peep about
To find ourselves dishonorable graves.
To review ones store is to mow twice.
To review ones store is to mow twice.
