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I talk of cheese, you of chalk.
I talk of cheese, you of chalk.
The cholerick man never wants woe.
The cholerick man never wants woe.
The sonne full and tattered, the daughter empty and fine.
The sonne full and tattered, the daughter empty and fine.
Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
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Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Of all the wonders that I yet have heard.
It seems to me most strange that men should fear,
Seeing that death, a necessary end,
Will come when it will come.
Twice does he live who can enjoy the remembrance of the past.
Twice does he live who can enjoy the remembrance of the past.
All is well ended, if the suit be won.
All is well ended, if the suit be won.
Bad beginnings, bad endings.
Bad beginnings, bad endings.
The holydays of joy are the vigils of sorrow.
The holydays of joy are the vigils of sorrow.
Let the poor man mind his tongue.
Let the poor man mind his tongue.