WednesdaySep 02, 2026
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Virtue is the roughest way, But proves at night a bed of down.
How happy is he born and taught That serveth not another's will; Whose Armour is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill.
An ambassador is an honest man sent to lie abroad for the good of the state.
An ambassador is an honest man sent abroad to lie for his country.
You meaner beauties of the night, That poorly satisfy our eyes More by your number than your light; You common people of the skies, What are you when the sun shall rise? This was printed with music as early as 1624, in East's Sixth Set of Books, and is found in many manuscripts.
The itch of disputing will prove the scab of the churches. See Izaak Walton on Sir Henry Wotton
I am but a gatherer and disposer of other men's stuff, at my best value.
Hanging was the worst use a man could be put to.
An itch for disputation is the mange of the churches. Disputandi pruritas ecclesiarum scabies
He first deceased, she for a little tried To live without him, liked it not, and died.
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