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The sonne full and tattered, the daughter empty and fine.
The sonne full and tattered, the daughter empty and fine.
Hee that lives in hope danceth without musick.
Hee that lives in hope danceth without musick.
A friend should bear a friend's infirmities.
A friend should bear a friend's infirmities.
They that hold the greatest farmes, pay the least rent (applyed
to rich men that are unthankful to God).
They that hold the greatest farmes, pay the least rent (applyed
to rich men that are unthankful to God).
Often do the spirits
Of great events stride on before the events,
And in to-day already walks read more
Often do the spirits
Of great events stride on before the events,
And in to-day already walks to-morrow.
Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
A live dog is better than a dead lion.
A live dog is better than a dead lion.
Let justice be done, though the heavens fall.
[Lat., Fiat justitia, ruat coelum.]
Let justice be done, though the heavens fall.
[Lat., Fiat justitia, ruat coelum.]
Can heavenly breasts such stormy passions feel?
Can heavenly breasts such stormy passions feel?