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The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.
The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.
Jest not with the eye or with Religion.
Jest not with the eye or with Religion.
Who overcomes
By force, hath overcome but half his foe.
Who overcomes
By force, hath overcome but half his foe.
Breed up a crow and he'll pick out your eyes.
Breed up a crow and he'll pick out your eyes.
Silke doth quench the fire in the Kitchin.
Silke doth quench the fire in the Kitchin.
He that is his owne Counsellor knowes nothing sure but what hee
hath laid out.
He that is his owne Counsellor knowes nothing sure but what hee
hath laid out.
The dainties of the great are the teares of the poore.
The dainties of the great are the teares of the poore.
God keepe me from foure houses, an Vsurers, a Taverne, a Spittle,
and a Prison.
God keepe me from foure houses, an Vsurers, a Taverne, a Spittle,
and a Prison.
Only by the candle, held in the skeleton hand of Poverty, can man
read his own dark heart.
Only by the candle, held in the skeleton hand of Poverty, can man
read his own dark heart.
