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I follow him, to serve my turn upon him.
I follow him, to serve my turn upon him.
To drink Falernian wine, the sweeter for being stolen.
To drink Falernian wine, the sweeter for being stolen.
'Tis meet
That noble minds keep ever with their likes:
For who so firm that cannot be read more
'Tis meet
That noble minds keep ever with their likes:
For who so firm that cannot be seduced?
For well-dowered wife, credit, friends, birth and beauty,
all-powerful money gives them all.
For well-dowered wife, credit, friends, birth and beauty,
all-powerful money gives them all.
One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor;
And so in read more
One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor;
And so in ours, some neighboring nation,
Taking advantage of our misery,
Hath stuffed the hollow vessels with their power,
To beat us down, the which are down already;
And make a conquest of unhappy,
Whereas no glory 's got to overcome.
Curtesie on one side only lasts not long.
Curtesie on one side only lasts not long.
It's a bold mouse that nestles in the catts eare.
It's a bold mouse that nestles in the catts eare.
From the disease of one the whole flock perishes.
From the disease of one the whole flock perishes.
That should be regarded as a loss, which is won at the expense of
our reputation.
That should be regarded as a loss, which is won at the expense of
our reputation.