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Vertue flies from the heart of a Mercenary man.
Vertue flies from the heart of a Mercenary man.
You cannot hide an eele in a sacke.
You cannot hide an eele in a sacke.
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.
The reverse side also has a reverse side.
The reverse side also has a reverse side.
In the house of a Fidler, all fiddle.
In the house of a Fidler, all fiddle.
He that passeth a winters day escapes an enemy.
He that passeth a winters day escapes an enemy.
The words ending in Ique do mocke the Physician (as Hectique,
Paralitique, Apoplectique, Lethargique).
The words ending in Ique do mocke the Physician (as Hectique,
Paralitique, Apoplectique, Lethargique).
Good Americans when they die go to Paris.
Good Americans when they die go to Paris.
The singing man keepes his shop in his throate.
The singing man keepes his shop in his throate.