Fall back upon a name? rest, rot in that?
Not keep it noble, make it nobler? Fools!

Fall back upon a name? rest, rot in that?
Not keep it noble, make it nobler? Fools!

Nought so vile, that on the earth doth live,
But to the earth some special good cloth give.

Nought so vile, that on the earth doth live,
But to the earth some special good cloth give.

Though the power be wanting, the will deserves praise.

Though the power be wanting, the will deserves praise.

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.

God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arme.

God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arme.

The Court hath no Almanack.

The Court hath no Almanack.

Gossips are frogs, they drinke and talke.

Gossips are frogs, they drinke and talke.

Happier are the hands compast with yron, then a heart with
thoughts.

Happier are the hands compast with yron, then a heart with
thoughts.

No naked man is sought after to be rifled.

No naked man is sought after to be rifled.