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Timid dogs more eagerly bark than bite.
Timid dogs more eagerly bark than bite.
For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime,
Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer.
For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime,
Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer.
This is the reward of my folly.
This is the reward of my folly.
So much greater is our thirst for glory than for virtue.
So much greater is our thirst for glory than for virtue.
Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.
Old age creeps on us ere we think it nigh.
He that is not in the warres is not out of danger.
He that is not in the warres is not out of danger.
A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own
heart, his next to escape the read more
A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own
heart, his next to escape the censures of the world.
An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.
An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.
In an evil hour thou bring'st her home. [You are marrying a
shrew.]
In an evil hour thou bring'st her home. [You are marrying a
shrew.]