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Wish to be what you are, and wish for no other position.
Wish to be what you are, and wish for no other position.
Who is there that, shooting all day long, does not sometimes hit
the mark?
Who is there that, shooting all day long, does not sometimes hit
the mark?
A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of
the heart the spirit is broken.
A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of
the heart the spirit is broken.
Be stirring as the time, be fire with fire;
Threaten the threat'ner, and outface the brow
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Be stirring as the time, be fire with fire;
Threaten the threat'ner, and outface the brow
Of bragging horror.
Give place to your superiors.
Give place to your superiors.
Fooles bite one another, but wise-men agree together.
Fooles bite one another, but wise-men agree together.
To-night, at least, to-night be gay,
Whate'er to-morrow brings.
To-night, at least, to-night be gay,
Whate'er to-morrow brings.
Men speake of the faire, as things went with them there.
Men speake of the faire, as things went with them there.
