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There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
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There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
Labour with what zeal we will,
Something still remains undone,
Something uncompleted still
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Labour with what zeal we will,
Something still remains undone,
Something uncompleted still
Waits the rising of the sun.
Nothing I've ever done has given me more joys and rewards than being a father to my children.
Nothing I've ever done has given me more joys and rewards than being a father to my children.
He who is not in readiness to-day, will be less prepared
to-morrow.
He who is not in readiness to-day, will be less prepared
to-morrow.
He cannot be vertuous that is not rigorous.
He cannot be vertuous that is not rigorous.
Advise none to marry or goe to warre.
Advise none to marry or goe to warre.
The fox barks not when he would steal the lamb.
The fox barks not when he would steal the lamb.
A bad man becomes worse when he apes a saint.
A bad man becomes worse when he apes a saint.
Rich gifts wax poor, when givers prove unkind.
Rich gifts wax poor, when givers prove unkind.
