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A fault is fostered by concealment.
A fault is fostered by concealment.
We frolic while 'tis May.
We frolic while 'tis May.
Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.
Light cares cry out; the great ones still are dumb.
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.
The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness.
The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness.
O well for him whose will is strong,
He suffers, but he will not suffer long.
O well for him whose will is strong,
He suffers, but he will not suffer long.
I abhor the profane rabble and keep them at a distance.
I abhor the profane rabble and keep them at a distance.
Water trotted is as good as oates.
Water trotted is as good as oates.
In the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.
In the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.
