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Be wise;
Soar not too high, to fall; but stoop to rise.
Duke of Milan (1623)
Death hath a thousand doors to let out life.
A Very Woman (1619)
Like a rough orator, that brings more truth
Than rhetoric, to make good his accusation.
Great Duke of Florence (1627)
Out, you impostors!
Quack-salving, cheating mountebanks! Your skill
Is to make sound men sick, and sick men kill.
Virgin Martyr (1622)
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The good needs fear no law,
It is his safety and the bad man's awe.
He that would govern others, first should be the master of himself.
The Bondman (1623)
How sweetly sounds the voice of a good woman!
It is so seldom heard that, when it speaks,
It ravishes all senses.
Yes, if they would thank their maker,
And seek no further; but they have new creators,
God tailor and god mercer.
What can innocence hope for,
When such as sit her judges are corrupted!
Though the desire of fame be the last weakness
Wise men put off.
To doubt
Is worse than to have lost; and to despair
Is but to antedate those miseries
That must fall on us.
Duke of Milan (1623)
They are only safe
That know to soothe the prince's appetite,
And serve his lusts.
The Roman Actor (1626)
Nor custom, nor example, nor vast numbers
Of such as do offend, make less the sin.
For a flying foe
Discreet and provident conquerors build up
A bridge of gold.
If you like not hanging, drown yourself;
Take some course for your reputation.
A New Way to pay Old Debts (1625)
I will now court her in the conqueror's style;
"Come, see, and overcome."
The oath in any way or form you please,
I stand resolv'd to take it.
Duke of Milan (1623)
You may boldly say, you did not plough
Or trust the barren and ungrateful sands
With the fruitful grain of your religious counsels.
Death hath a thousand doors to let out life.
I shall find one.