"Some kinds of baseness are nobly undergone."
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"What is more miserable than discontent?"
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"The devil shall have his bargain; for he was never yet a breaker of proverbs--he will give the devil his due."
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"Glory grows guilty of detested crimes."
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"There is none but he Whose being I do fear; and under him My genius is rebuked, as it is said Mark Antony's was by Caesar."
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"To be generous, guiltless, and of a free disposition is to take those things for bird-bolts that you deem cannon-bullets."
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"O the world is but a word; were it all yours to give it in a breath, how quickly were it gone!"
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"Bounty, being free itself, thinks all others so."
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"Before thee stands this fair Hesperides, With golden fruit, but dangerous to be touched; For death-like dragons here affright thee hard."
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"Though Fortune's malice overthrow my state, My mind exceeds the compass of her wheel."
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"There are a sort of men, whose visages Do cream and mantle, like a standing pond; And do a willful stillness entertain, With purpose to be dressed in an opinion Of wisdom, gravity profound conceit; As who should say, I am sir Oracle, And when I ope my lips, let no dog bark!"
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"Should the poor be flattered? No; let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp, and crook the pregnant hinges of the knee where thrift may follow fawning."
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"Oh, flatter me; for love delights in praises."
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"The error of our eye directs our mind. What error leads must err."
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"Things may serve long, but not serve ever."
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"All surfeit is the father of much fast."
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"Full of wise saws and modern instances."
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"For oaths are straws, men's faiths are wafer-cakes, And hold-fast is the only dog."
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"I have seen roses damask'd, red and white, But no such roses see I in her cheeks."
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"A wretched soul, bruised with adversity, We bid be quiet when we hear it cry; But were we burdened with light weight of pain, As much or more we should ourselves complain."
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