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!

Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
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Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
And some condemned for a fault alone.

So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.

So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.

The offender never pardons.

The offender never pardons.

Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh,
it is a tree of life.

Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh,
it is a tree of life.

Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.

Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.

Stir not dying embers.

Stir not dying embers.

Like summer tempest came her tears:
Sweet my child, I live for thee.

Like summer tempest came her tears:
Sweet my child, I live for thee.

I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish.
[I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]

I was taken by a morsell, saies the fish.
[I was taken by a morsel, says the fish.]