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Feare keepes the garden better then the gardiner.
Feare keepes the garden better then the gardiner.
The shortest follies are the best.
[Fr., Les plus courtes folies sont les meilleures.]
The shortest follies are the best.
[Fr., Les plus courtes folies sont les meilleures.]
Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome.
Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome.
Fortune, delighting in her cruel task, and playing her wanton
game untiringly, is ever shifting her uncertain favours.
Fortune, delighting in her cruel task, and playing her wanton
game untiringly, is ever shifting her uncertain favours.
So get the start of the majestic world
And bear the palm alone.
So get the start of the majestic world
And bear the palm alone.
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
Little losses amaze, great tame.
Little losses amaze, great tame.
The truly noble mind has no resentments.
The truly noble mind has no resentments.
A great fortune is a great slavery.
A great fortune is a great slavery.
