Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.

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It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

Self-love, my liege, is not so vile a sin, as self-neglecting.

Self-love, my liege, is not so vile a sin, as self-neglecting.

Your lordship, though not clean past your youth, have yet some smack of age in...

Your lordship, though not clean past your youth, have yet some smack of age in...

Words, words, mere words, no matter from the heart.

Words, words, mere words, no matter from the heart.

Words are easy, like the wind; Faithful friends are hard to find.

Words are easy, like the wind; Faithful friends are hard to find.

Men shut their doors against a setting sun.

Men shut their doors against a setting sun.

Happy is your Grace That can translate the stubbornness of fortune Into so quiet and...

Happy is your Grace That can translate the stubbornness of fortune Into so quiet and...

Great floods have flown from simple sources.

Great floods have flown from simple sources.

Praise us as we are tasted, allow us as we prove.

Praise us as we are tasted, allow us as we prove.

Why this is very midsummer madness.

Why this is very midsummer madness.

All days are nights to see till I see thee, And nights bright days when...

All days are nights to see till I see thee, And nights bright days when...

There is occasions and causes why and wherefore in all things.

There is occasions and causes why and wherefore in all things.

I am not covetous for gold; but if it be a sin to covet honor,...

I am not covetous for gold; but if it be a sin to covet honor,...

Every man after his desert, and who shall scape whipping? Use them after your own...

Every man after his desert, and who shall scape whipping? Use them after your own...

All days are nights to see till I see thee, and nights bright days when...

All days are nights to see till I see thee, and nights bright days when...

So dear I love him that with him, All deaths I could endure. Without him,...

So dear I love him that with him, All deaths I could endure. Without him,...

Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.

Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.

Evermore thanks, the exchequer of the poor

Evermore thanks, the exchequer of the poor

To give aid to every poor man is far beyond the reach and power of...

To give aid to every poor man is far beyond the reach and power of...

Military pay has been allowed to lag behind to the point where career enlisted men...

Military pay has been allowed to lag behind to the point where career enlisted men...