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Busy opinion is an idle fool.

— John (dramatist) Ford

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  2. Why, I hold fate Clasped in my fist, and could command the course Of time's eternal motion, hadst thou been One thought more steady than an…
  3. Delay in vengeance gives a heavier blow.
  4. He is a noble gentleman; withal Happy in his endeavours: the general voice Sounds him for courtesy, behaviour, language, And every fair dem…
  5. Brother, even by my mother's dust, I charge you, Do not betray me to your mirth or hate.
  6. Let them fear bondage who are slaves to fear; The sweetest freedom is an honest heart.
  7. I have spent Many a silent night in sighs and groans, Ran over all my thoughts, despised my fate, Reasoned against the reasons of my love, …
  8. We can drink till all look blue.

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  • action
  • foolishness
  • opinion
  • thinking
  • wisdom

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