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An old man at school is a contemptible and ridiculous object.
An old man at school is a contemptible and ridiculous object.
Fear keepes and looks to the vineyard, and not the owner.
Fear keepes and looks to the vineyard, and not the owner.
Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them.
Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them.
Preferment goes by letter and affection,
And not by old gradation, where each second
Stood heir to read more
Preferment goes by letter and affection,
And not by old gradation, where each second
Stood heir to th's first.
A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
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A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
A daw's not reckoned a religious bird
Because it keeps a-cawing from a steeple.
Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.
Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.
Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.
Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.
Hee that eats the hard shall eate the ripe.
Hee that eats the hard shall eate the ripe.