The griefs of private men are soon allayed, But not of kings.
CHRISTOPHER MARLOWECut is the branch that might have grown full straight, And burned is Apollo’s laurel bough, That sometime grew within this learned man. Faustus is gone.
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O soul, be changed into little waterdrops, / And fall into the ocean, ne’er be found!
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More childish valorous than manly wise.
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That perfect bliss and sole felicity, the sweet fruition of an earthly crown.
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What feeds me destroys me.
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Love is not full of pity (as men say) But deaf and cruel, where he means to pray.
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Unhappy spirits that fell with Lucifer, Conspired against our God with Lucifer, And are for ever damned with Lucifer.
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Fools that will laugh on earth, most weep in hell.
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All places are alike, and every earth is fit for burial.
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Excess of wealth is cause of covetousness.
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You stars that reigned at my nativity, whose influence hath allotted death and hell.
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Nothing violent, oft have I heard tell, can be permanent.
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You must be proud, bold, pleasant, resolute, And now and then stab, as occasion serves.
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Virginity, albeit some highly prize it, Compared with marriage, had you tried them both, Differs as much as wine and water doth.
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Virtue is the fount whence honour springs.
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I count religion but a childish toy, and hold there is no sin but ignorance.
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