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When my house burnes, it's not good playing at Chesse.
When my house burnes, it's not good playing at Chesse.
A great fortune enslaves its owner.
A great fortune enslaves its owner.
One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor.
One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor.
Nothing secure unlesse suspected.
Nothing secure unlesse suspected.
If you say hard things you must expect to hear them in return.
If you say hard things you must expect to hear them in return.
Fortune to one is Mother, to another is Step-mother.
Fortune to one is Mother, to another is Step-mother.
And from his ashes may be made
The violet of his native land.
And from his ashes may be made
The violet of his native land.
To counsel others, and to disregard one's own safety, is folly.
To counsel others, and to disregard one's own safety, is folly.
