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Hee that lives in hope danceth without musick.
Hee that lives in hope danceth without musick.
He that deales in the world needes foure seeves.
He that deales in the world needes foure seeves.
Don't shit on your own doorstep.
Don't shit on your own doorstep.
Though they don't want to kill anybody, they like to have the
power to do so.
Though they don't want to kill anybody, they like to have the
power to do so.
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.
The offender never pardons.
The offender never pardons.
A fellow feeling makes us wondrous kind.
A fellow feeling makes us wondrous kind.
If you say hard things you must expect to hear them in return.
If you say hard things you must expect to hear them in return.
As Love and I late harbour'd in one inn,
With proverbs thus each other entertain;
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As Love and I late harbour'd in one inn,
With proverbs thus each other entertain;
"In love there is no lack," thus I begin;
"Fair words make fools," replieth he again;
"Who spares to speak doth spare to speed," quoth I;
"As well," saith he, "too forward as too slow";
"Fortune assists the boldest," I reply;
"A hasty man," quote he, "ne'er wanted woe";
"Labour is light where love," quote I, "doth pay";
"Light burden's heavy, if far borne";
Quoth I, "The main lost, cast the by away";
"Y'have spun a fair thread," he replies in scorn.
And having thus awhile each other thwarted
Fools as we met, so fools again we parted.
