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What, lost a world, and bade a hero fly?
The timid tear in Cleopatra's eye.
What, lost a world, and bade a hero fly?
The timid tear in Cleopatra's eye.
Sometimes the best gaine is to lose.
Sometimes the best gaine is to lose.
That which never has been, never is, and never will be.
That which never has been, never is, and never will be.
The sun sets without thy assistance.
The sun sets without thy assistance.
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.
For many are called, but few are chosen.
For many are called, but few are chosen.
A tigress, robb'd of young, a lioness,
Or other interesting beast of prey,
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A tigress, robb'd of young, a lioness,
Or other interesting beast of prey,
Are similes at hand for the distress
Of ladies who cannot have their own way.
It is sheer folly when all is gone to lose even one's passage
money.
It is sheer folly when all is gone to lose even one's passage
money.
The Divell divides the world between Atheisme and Superstition.
The Divell divides the world between Atheisme and Superstition.
