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Be stirring as the time, be fire with fire;
Threaten the threat'ner, and outface the brow
Of read more
Be stirring as the time, be fire with fire;
Threaten the threat'ner, and outface the brow
Of bragging horror.
Here, or nowhere, is the thing we seek.
Here, or nowhere, is the thing we seek.
Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.
Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.
Truth is a dog that must to kennel. He must be whipped, when
Lady, the brach, may stand by read more
Truth is a dog that must to kennel. He must be whipped, when
Lady, the brach, may stand by the fire and stink.
Great talent has always a little madness mixed up with it.
Great talent has always a little madness mixed up with it.
Hee that marries for wealth sells his liberty.
Hee that marries for wealth sells his liberty.
His tact, too, temper'd him from grave to gay,
And taught him when to be reserved or free.
His tact, too, temper'd him from grave to gay,
And taught him when to be reserved or free.
Such men as fortune raises from a mean estate to the highest
elevation by way of a joke.
Such men as fortune raises from a mean estate to the highest
elevation by way of a joke.
