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Litle stickes kindle the fire; great ones put it out.
Litle stickes kindle the fire; great ones put it out.
In a bondsman's key,
With bated breath and whispering humbleness.
In a bondsman's key,
With bated breath and whispering humbleness.
Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise,
(That last infirmity of noble mind)
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Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise,
(That last infirmity of noble mind)
To scorn delights, and live laborious days;
But the fair guerdon when we hope to find,
And think to burst out into sudden blaze,
Comes the blind Fury with th' abhorred shears,
And slits the thin-spun life.
That which two will, takes effect.
That which two will, takes effect.
Feare keepes the garden better then the gardiner.
Feare keepes the garden better then the gardiner.
One man thinks one thing best, another another.
One man thinks one thing best, another another.
He that will enter into Paradise, must have a good key.
He that will enter into Paradise, must have a good key.
Know how sublime a thing it is
To suffer and be strong.
Know how sublime a thing it is
To suffer and be strong.
