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By heaven you have destroyed me, my friends!
By heaven you have destroyed me, my friends!
Strike the iron whilst it is hot.
Strike the iron whilst it is hot.
When all men have what belongs to them, it cannot bee much.
When all men have what belongs to them, it cannot bee much.
What, lost a world, and bade a hero fly?
The timid tear in Cleopatra's eye.
What, lost a world, and bade a hero fly?
The timid tear in Cleopatra's eye.
The good mother sayes not, Will you? but gives.
The good mother sayes not, Will you? but gives.
Let him play the second fiddle who can't play the first.
Let him play the second fiddle who can't play the first.
A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.
A pound of idleness weighs twenty ounces.
The snow has at last melted, the fields regain their herbage, and
the trees their leaves.
The snow has at last melted, the fields regain their herbage, and
the trees their leaves.
