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A Lyons skin is never cheape.
A Lyons skin is never cheape.
Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise,
(That last infirmity of noble mind)
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Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise,
(That last infirmity of noble mind)
To scorn delights, and live laborious days;
But the fair guerdon when we hope to find,
And think to burst out into sudden blaze,
Comes the blind Fury with th' abhorred shears,
And slits the thin-spun life.
In the kingdome of blind men the one ey'd is king.
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In the kingdome of blind men the one ey'd is king.
[In the kingdom of blind men the one eyed is king.]
If you are only an underling, don't dress too fine.
If you are only an underling, don't dress too fine.
It is a kingly act to help the fallen.
It is a kingly act to help the fallen.
Trust not him that hath once broken faith.
Trust not him that hath once broken faith.
As many servants so many enemies.
As many servants so many enemies.
Fortune to one is Mother, to another is Step-mother.
Fortune to one is Mother, to another is Step-mother.
We ne'er shall look upon his like again.
We ne'er shall look upon his like again.
