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Conscience doth make cowards of us all.
Full of wise saws and modern instances.
All surfeit is the father of much fast.
The old folk, time's doting chronicles.
Security is the chief enemy of mortals.
England is safe, if true within itself.
A ministering angel shall my sister be.
The truest poetry is the most feigning.
The mind of guilt is full of scorpions.
Nothing can seem foul to those who win.
Loathsome canker lives in sweetest bud.
No evil lost is wailed when it is gone.
He that sleeps feels not the tooth-ache
To whom God will, there be the victory.
Justice always whirls in equal measure.
Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.
Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war!
O, call back yesterday, bid time return
I'll speak in a monstrous little voice.
Can I go forward when my heart is here?
'Tis pride that pulls the country down.
So foul and fair a day I have not seen.
Good words are better than bad strokes.
Be wary then; best safety lies in fear.
He doth nothing but talk of his horses.
To take arms against a sea of troubles.
Small to greater matters must give way.
He hath eaten me out of house and home.
The bitter clamor of two eager tongues.
For they are yet ear-kissing arguments.
The eagle suffers little birds to sing.
I will make thee think thy swan a crow.
What early tongue so sweet saluteth me?
Dreams are the children of idled minds.
He was ever precise in promise-keeping.
The king's name is a tower of strength.
Do not plunge thyself too far in anger.
In truth, fair Montague, I am too fond.
For who so firm that cannot be seduced?
I hourly learn a doctrine of obedience.
Alas, I am a woman friendless, hopeless!
A flock of blessings light upon thy back
To beguile the time, look like the time.
Though she be but little, she is fierce!
Bait the hook well. This fish will bite.
It is not night when I do see your face.
Ill deeds are doubled with an evil word.
We were not born to sue, but to command.
A knavish speech sleeps in a fool's ear.
Our enemies are our outward consciences.