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We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.
We do it soon enough, if that we do be well.
The smell of money is good, come whence it may. [Alluding to
Vespasian's tax on ordure.]
The smell of money is good, come whence it may. [Alluding to
Vespasian's tax on ordure.]
So obliging that he ne'er obliged.
So obliging that he ne'er obliged.
O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me.
O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me.
Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
It is far easier to begin a task than to finish it.
It is far easier to begin a task than to finish it.
The corne hides it self in the snow, as an old man in furrs.
The corne hides it self in the snow, as an old man in furrs.
To have done, is to hang
Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail
In monumental mockery.
To have done, is to hang
Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail
In monumental mockery.
Covetousnesse breaks the bag.
Covetousnesse breaks the bag.