To doubt is worse than to have lost; and to despair is but to antedate those miseries that must fall on us.
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Some undone widow sits upon mine arm, And takes away the use of it 1 and my sword, Glued to my scabbard with wronged orphans' tears, Will not be drawn.Philip Massinger
What pity tis, one that can speak so well, Should in his actions be so ill.
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I am driven; Into a desperate strait and cannot steer; A middle course.
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Valor employed in an ill quarrel, turns to cowardice And virtue then puts on foul vice's visor.
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True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn.
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Now speak, Or be for ever silent.
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