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No profit grows where is no pleasure ta'en.
In brief, sir, study what you most effect.
No profit grows where is no pleasure ta'en.
In brief, sir, study what you most effect.
He did not care a button for it.
He did not care a button for it.
Fighting without concert, they suffer universal defeat.
Fighting without concert, they suffer universal defeat.
How many cowards whose hearts are all as false
As stairs of sand, wear yet upon their chins
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How many cowards whose hearts are all as false
As stairs of sand, wear yet upon their chins
The beards of Hercules and frowning Mars,
Who inward searched, have livers white as milk!
The first dish pleaseth all.
The first dish pleaseth all.
All keyes hang not on one girdle.
All keyes hang not on one girdle.
Better a bare foote then none.
[Better a barefoot than none.]
Better a bare foote then none.
[Better a barefoot than none.]
Weeds are shallow-rooted,
Suffer them now, and they'll o'ergrow the garden,
And choke the herbs for want read more
Weeds are shallow-rooted,
Suffer them now, and they'll o'ergrow the garden,
And choke the herbs for want of husbandry.
Am I always to be a mere listener? Shall I never reply?
Am I always to be a mere listener? Shall I never reply?
