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Jest not with the eye or with Religion.
Jest not with the eye or with Religion.
None is offended but by himselfe.
None is offended but by himselfe.
Their own death accompanies the wound they inflict.
Their own death accompanies the wound they inflict.
A fly, a grape-stone, or a hair can kill.
A fly, a grape-stone, or a hair can kill.
So use your own property as not to injure that of another.
So use your own property as not to injure that of another.
Those things please more, which are more expensive.
Those things please more, which are more expensive.
Restive horses must be roughly dealt with.
Restive horses must be roughly dealt with.
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.
Behind the clouds is the sun still shining.
Behind the clouds is the sun still shining.