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Deceiving world, that with alluring toysHast made my life the subject of thy scorn,And scornest now to lend thy fading joys,T'outlength my life, whom friends have left forlornHow well are they that die ere they be born,And never see thy sleights, which few men shunTill unawares they helpless are undone!

Robert Greene

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Robert Greene
Age: 34 †
Born: 1558
Born: July 11
Died: 1592
Died: September 3
Playwright
Poet
Writer
Norwich
Norfolk
World
Born
Deceiving
Left
Joys
Unawares
Wells
Helpless
Forlorn
Well
Subject
Alluring
Made
Subjects
Fading
Never
Joy
Lend
Men
Dies
Undone
Life
Friends
Scorn

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The Crown. Place it upon your head and you assume a different post-tranquil yet radiating assurance. Never show doubt, never lose your dignity beneath the crown, or it will not fit. It will seem to be destined for one more worthy. Do not wait for a coronation the greatest emporers crown themselves.
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Many a serious thinker has been produced in prisons, where we have nothing to do but think.
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