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There is thy gold, worse poison to men's souls, Doing more murder in this loathsome world, Than these poor compounds that thou mayst not sell.
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There's no better sign of a brave mind than a hard hand.
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Out of this nettle - danger - we pluck this flower - safety.
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Beauty lives with kindness.
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Rebellion in this land shall lose his sway, meeting the check of such another day.
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Death rock me asleep.
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How hard it is for women to keep counsel!
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The heavens themselves, the planets, and this centre Observe degree, priority, and place, Insisture, course, proportion, season, form, Office, and custom, in all line of order.
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There was never yet fair woman but she made mouths in a glass.
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Ready to go but never to return.
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Since my dear soul was mistress of her choice And could of men distinguish her election, Sh'ath sealed thee for herself.
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...an old man is twice a child.
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Condemn the fault and not the actor of it?
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And where the offense is, let the great axe fall.
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Things done well and with a care, exempt themselves from fear.
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Children wish fathers looked but with their eyes; fathers that children with their judgment looked; and either may be wrong.
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We make ourselves fools to disport ourselves And spend our flatteries to drink those men Upon whose age we void it up again With poisonous spite and envy.
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Death, as the Psalmist saith, is certain to all, all shall die.
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O war! thou son of Hell!
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Fair, kind, and true, have often lived alone.
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Soft pity enters an iron gate.
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I have heard it said There is an art which in their piedness shares With great creating nature.
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But men are men; the best sometimes forget.
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By heaven, I'll make a ghost of him that lets me.