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Ambition is a lust that is never quenched, but grows more inflamed and madder by enjoyment.


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If we must part for ever, Give me but one kind word to think upon, And please myself withal, whilst my heart's breaking!

If we must part for ever, Give me but one kind word to think upon, And please myself withal, whilst my heart's breaking!



False as the adulterate promises of favorites in power when poor men court them.

False as the adulterate promises of favorites in power when poor men court them.



Could my griefs speak, the tale would have no end.

Could my griefs speak, the tale would have no end.



Shining through tears, like April suns in showers, that labor to overcome the cloud that loads em.

Shining through tears, like April suns in showers, that labor to overcome the cloud that loads em.



Honest men are the soft easy cushions on which knaves repose and fatten.

Honest men are the soft easy cushions on which knaves repose and fatten.



Cowards are scared with threatenings; boys are whipped into confession; but a steady mind acts of itself, ne'er asks the body counsel.

Cowards are scared with threatenings; boys are whipped into confession; but a steady mind acts of itself, ne'er asks the body counsel.



Let us embrace, and from this very moment vow an eternal misery together.

Let us embrace, and from this very moment vow an eternal misery together.



Honesty needs no disguise nor ornament; be plain.

Honesty needs no disguise nor ornament; be plain.



Clocks will go as they are set, but man, irregular man, is never constant, never certain.

Clocks will go as they are set, but man, irregular man, is never constant, never certain.



Justice is lame as well as blind, amongst us.

Justice is lame as well as blind, amongst us.





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