Quotes from Groatsworth of Wit — Robert Greene
1558–1592 England
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Tread on a worm and it will turn.
Groatsworth of Wit (1592)
So soon kills not the basilisk with sight,
The viper's tooth is not so venomous,
The adder's tongue not half so dangerous,
As they that bear the shadow of delight,
Who chain blind youths in trammels of their hair,
Till waste brings woe, and sorrow hastes despair.
Groatsworth of Wit (1592)
Deceiving world, that with alluring toys
Hast made my life the subject of thy scorn,
And scornest now to lend thy fading joys,
T'outlength my life, whom friends have left forlorn;
How well are they that die ere they be born,
And never see thy sleights, which few men shun
Till unawares they helpless are undone!
Groatsworth of Wit (1592)