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Anything for a quiet life.
Anything for a quiet life.
One may smile, and smile, and be a villain.
One may smile, and smile, and be a villain.
Marry your sonne when you will; your daughter when you can.
Marry your sonne when you will; your daughter when you can.
Take heed of winde that comes in at a hole, and a reconciled
Enemy.
Take heed of winde that comes in at a hole, and a reconciled
Enemy.
If you can't beat them, join them.
If you can't beat them, join them.
He stands the shadow of a mighty name.
[Lat., Stat magni nominis umbra.]
He stands the shadow of a mighty name.
[Lat., Stat magni nominis umbra.]
As many men as there are existing, so many are their different
pursuits.
As many men as there are existing, so many are their different
pursuits.
He that is fallen cannot helpe him that is downe.
He that is fallen cannot helpe him that is downe.
A man suffers death himself as often as he loses those dear to
him.
A man suffers death himself as often as he loses those dear to
him.