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Of every noble action the intent
Is to give worth reward, vice punishment.

— Beaumont and Fletcher

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It is always good
When a man has two irons in the fire.

The Faithful Friends (1608)

Thou will scarce be a man before thy mother.

Love's Cure (1612)

To have been happy, madame, adds to calamity.

It shew'd discretion, the best part of valor.

A King and No King (1611)

'Tis not a life,
'Tis but a piece of childhood thrown away.

Philaster, or Love Lies a-Bleeding (1609)

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