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Be stirring as the time, be fire with fire;
Threaten the threat'ner, and outface the brow
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Be stirring as the time, be fire with fire;
Threaten the threat'ner, and outface the brow
Of bragging horror.
Prayers and provender hinder no journey.
Prayers and provender hinder no journey.
One mouth doth nothing without another.
One mouth doth nothing without another.
Take away her rewards, and who will ever clasp naked Virtue to
his bosom?
Take away her rewards, and who will ever clasp naked Virtue to
his bosom?
And thus I clothe my naked villany
With old odd ends, stol'n out of holy writ,
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And thus I clothe my naked villany
With old odd ends, stol'n out of holy writ,
And seem a saint when most I play the devil.
It is sheer folly when all is gone to lose even one's passage
money.
It is sheer folly when all is gone to lose even one's passage
money.
Two ill meales make the third a glutton.
Two ill meales make the third a glutton.
It is an honourable thing to be merciful to the vanquished.
It is an honourable thing to be merciful to the vanquished.