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Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason?
Why if it prosper, none dare call it treason.
Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason?
Why if it prosper, none dare call it treason.
Paines to get, care to keep, feare to lose.
Paines to get, care to keep, feare to lose.
In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
In grasping at uncertainties we lost that which is certain.
It's an ill councell that hath no escape.
It's an ill councell that hath no escape.
Busily engaged in doing nothing. [A squirrel in a cage.]
Busily engaged in doing nothing. [A squirrel in a cage.]
All feete tread not in one shoe.
All feete tread not in one shoe.
Take away her rewards, and who will ever clasp naked Virtue to
his bosom?
Take away her rewards, and who will ever clasp naked Virtue to
his bosom?
Hee that is in a Taverne thinkes he is in a vine-garden.
Hee that is in a Taverne thinkes he is in a vine-garden.
Deception follows on the heels of deception.
Deception follows on the heels of deception.