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And though mine arm should conquer twenty worlds,
There ’s a lean fellow beats all conquerors.

— Thomas Dekker Old Fortunatus (1599)

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This principle is old, but true as fate,—
Kings may love treason, but the traitor hate.

The Honest Whore (1604)

Were there no women, men might live like gods.

The Honest Whore (1604)

There's no music when a woman is in the concert.

The Honest Whore (1604)

To add to golden numbers golden numbers.

Patient Grissell (1599)

Not caring, so that sumpter-horse the back
Be hung with gaudy trappings, with what coarse,
Yea, rags most beggarly, they clothe the soul.

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