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'Tis neither here nor there.
'Tis neither here nor there.
The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts.
The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts.
Modesty once lost, never returns into favour.
Modesty once lost, never returns into favour.
It is engendered in the eyes;
By gazing fed; and fancy dies
In the cradle where it read more
It is engendered in the eyes;
By gazing fed; and fancy dies
In the cradle where it lies.
With diadem and sceptre high advanced,
The lower still I fall; only supreme
In misery; such joy read more
With diadem and sceptre high advanced,
The lower still I fall; only supreme
In misery; such joy ambition finds.
Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
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Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
Ride more than thou goest,
Learn more than thou trowest,
Set less than thou throwest;
Leave thy drink and thy whore,
And keep in-a-door,
And thou shalt have more
Than two tens to a score.
Health without money is halfe an ague.
Health without money is halfe an ague.
Old praise dies, unlesse you feede it.
Old praise dies, unlesse you feede it.
Go West, young man, and grow up with the country.
Go West, young man, and grow up with the country.