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What our contempts do often hurl from us,
We wish it ours again.
What our contempts do often hurl from us,
We wish it ours again.
The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
In poison there is no physic.
In poison there is no physic.
Withdraw yourself from that vile bondage; Come say, "I am free,"
"I am free."
Withdraw yourself from that vile bondage; Come say, "I am free,"
"I am free."
Neither bribe nor loose thy right.
Neither bribe nor loose thy right.
Here is a talk of the Turk and the Pope, but my next neighbour
doth me more harm then read more
Here is a talk of the Turk and the Pope, but my next neighbour
doth me more harm then either of them both.
One gets a cross for his crime, the other a crown.
One gets a cross for his crime, the other a crown.
If you could runne, as you drinke, you might catch a hare.
If you could runne, as you drinke, you might catch a hare.
Time stoops to no man's lure.
Time stoops to no man's lure.