Give a clowne your finger, and he will take your hand.

Give a clowne your finger, and he will take your hand.

A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
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A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
A daw's not reckoned a religious bird
Because it keeps a-cawing from a steeple.

Men shut their doors against the setting sun.

Men shut their doors against the setting sun.

Young in limbs, in judgment old.

Young in limbs, in judgment old.

The Bathe of the Blackamoor hath sworne not to whiten.

The Bathe of the Blackamoor hath sworne not to whiten.

My days of love are over: me no more
The charms of maid, wife, and still less of widow,
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My days of love are over: me no more
The charms of maid, wife, and still less of widow,
Can make the fool of; that they made before:
In fact I must not lead the life I did do.

It so falls out
That what we have we prize not to the worth
Whiles we enjoy read more

It so falls out
That what we have we prize not to the worth
Whiles we enjoy it; but being lacked and lost,
Why, then we rack the value.

Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.

Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.

The sure way to wickedness is through wickedness.

The sure way to wickedness is through wickedness.