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If they smile And say 'twill do, I know within a while All the best men are ours; for 'tis ill hap, If they hold when their ladies bid 'em clap. - The Life of King Henry the Eighth (epilogue at epilogue) [Books (Last Lines)] Anger is like A full hot horse, who being allowed his way, Self-mettle tires him. - The Life of King Henry the Eighth (Norfolk at I, i) [Anger : Proverbs] Ask God for temp'rance. That's th' appliance only Which your disease requires. - The Life of King Henry the Eighth (Norfolk at I, i) [Temperance] Be advised. Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot That it do singe yourself. We may outrun By violent swiftness that which we run at, And lose by overrunning. - The Life of King Henry the Eighth (Norfolk at I, i) [Enemies] Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot That it doth singe yourself. - The Life of King Henry the Eighth (Norfolk at I, i) [Proverbs] Surely, sir, There's in him stuff that puts him to these ends; For, being not propped by ancestry, whose grace Chalks successors their way, nor called upon For high feats done to th' crown, neither allied To eminent assistants, but spiderlike Out of his self-drawing web, 'a gives us note, The force of his own merit makes his way, A gift that heaven gives for him, which buys A place next to the king. - The Life of King Henry the Eighth (Norfolk at I, i) [Ability : Merit] To climb steep hills Requires slow pace at first. - The Life of King Henry the Eighth (Norfolk at I, i) [Proverbs : Success] We may outrun, By violent swiftness, that which we run at, And lose by over-running. - The Life of King Henry the Eighth (Norfolk at I, i) [Proverbs : Rashness] Things done well And with a care exempt themselves from fear; Things done without example, in their issue Are to be feared. - The Life of King Henry the Eighth (King Henry at I, ii) [Action : Fear] We must not stint Our necessary actions in the fear To cope malicious censurers, which ever, As rav'nous fishes, do a vessel follow That is new-trimmed, but benefit no further Than vainly longing. - The Life of King Henry the Eighth (Wolsey at I, ii) [Action] What we oft do best, By sick interpreters (once weak ones) is Not ours, or not allowed; what worst, as oft Hitting a grosser quality, is cried up For our best act. - The Life of King Henry the Eighth (Wolsey at I, ii) [Judgment] Death my lord, Their clothes are after such a pagan cut to 't That sure th' have worn out Christendom. - The Life of King Henry the Eighth (Chamberlain at I, iii) [Fashion] New customs, Though they be never so ridiculous (Nay, let 'em be unmanly), yet are followed. - The Life of King Henry the Eighth (Sandys at I, iii) [Custom : Fashion] New customs, Though they be never so ridiculous, (Nay, let 'em be unmanly), yet are followed. - The Life of King Henry the Eighth (Sandys at I, iii) [Proverbs] The reformation of our travelled gallants That fill the court with quarrels, talk and tailors. - The Life of King Henry the Eighth (Lovell at I, iii) [Traveling] 'Tis time to give 'em physic, their diseases Are grown so catching. - The Life of King Henry the Eighth (Sandys at I, iii) [Medicine] If I chance to talk a little wild, forgive me; I had it from my father. - The Life of King Henry the Eighth (Sandys at I, iv) [Talk] The red wine first must rise In their fair cheeks, my lord; then we shall have 'em Talk us to silence. - The Life of King Henry the Eighth (Sandys at I, iv) [Talk] Two women placed together makes cold weather. - The Life of King Henry the Eighth (Chamberlain at I, iv) [Women] Ladies, a general welcome from his grace Salutes ye all. This night he dedicates To fair content, and you. None here, he hopes, In all this noble bevy, has brought with her One care abroad. He would have all as merry As first, good company, good wine, good welcome Can make good people. - The Life of King Henry the Eighth (I,iv) [Welcome] This duke as much They love and dote on, call him bounteous Buckingham The mirror of all courtesy-- - The Life of King Henry the Eighth (Second Gentlemen at II, i) [Courtesy] Where you are liberal of your loves and counsels Be sure you be not loose; for those you make friends And give your hearts to, when they once perceive The least rub in your fortunes, fall away Like water from ye. never found again But where they mean to sink ye. - The Life of King Henry the Eighth (Buckingham at II, i) [Friends] You few that loved me And dare be bold to weep for Buckingham, His noble friends and fellows, whom to leave Is only bitter to him, only dying, Go with me like good angels to my end; And, as the long divorce of steel falls on me, Make of your prayers one sweet sacrifice And lift my soul to heaven. Lead on a God's name. - The Life of King Henry the Eighth (Buckingham at II, i) [Prayer] Heaven will one day open The king's eyes that so long have slept upon This bold bad man. - The Life of King Henry the Eighth (Chamberlain at II, ii) [Character] Our content Is our best having. - The Life of King Henry the Eighth (Old Lady at II, ii) [Contentment : Proverbs] Displaying page 149 of 186 for this author: << Prev Next >> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 [149] 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186
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