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What loss feels he that wots not what he loses?
What loss feels he that wots not what he loses?
This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
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This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs,
And speak men what they can to him he'll answer
With some rhyme, rotten sentence, or old saying,
Such spokes as ye ancient of ye parish use.
With bated breath we offer wicked vows.
With bated breath we offer wicked vows.
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
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Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
And some condemned for a fault alone.
O, a kiss
Long as my exile, sweet as my revenge!
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O, a kiss
Long as my exile, sweet as my revenge!
Now, by the jealous queen of heaven, that kiss
I carried from thee dear; and my true lip
Hath virgined it e'er since.
How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
[Lat., Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent!]
How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
[Lat., Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent!]
Hidden knowledge differs little from ignorance.
Hidden knowledge differs little from ignorance.
Talke much and erre much, saies the Spanyard.
Talke much and erre much, saies the Spanyard.
If the husband be not at home, there is nobodie.
If the husband be not at home, there is nobodie.
