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He that takes not up a pin, slights his wife.
He that takes not up a pin, slights his wife.
Once a yeare a man may say: On his conscience.
Once a yeare a man may say: On his conscience.
From my example learn to be just, and not to despise the gods.
From my example learn to be just, and not to despise the gods.
What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
The mind still longs for what it has missed, and loses itself in
the contemplation of the past.
The mind still longs for what it has missed, and loses itself in
the contemplation of the past.
What may be done at any time will be done at no time.
What may be done at any time will be done at no time.
Alas, by what trivial causes is greatness overthrown!
Alas, by what trivial causes is greatness overthrown!
This even-handed justice
Commends th' ingredience of our poisoned chalice
To our own lips.
This even-handed justice
Commends th' ingredience of our poisoned chalice
To our own lips.
To rise with the lark, and go to bed with the lamb.
To rise with the lark, and go to bed with the lamb.
