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Although you may strut about, proud of your purse, fortune
changes not birth.
Although you may strut about, proud of your purse, fortune
changes not birth.
O churl! drink all; and leave no friendly drop!
O churl! drink all; and leave no friendly drop!
The healthfull man can give counsell to the sick.
The healthfull man can give counsell to the sick.
There are games in which it is better to lose than win.
There are games in which it is better to lose than win.
I'll potch at him some way;
Or wrath or craft may get him.
I'll potch at him some way;
Or wrath or craft may get him.
Or will you think, my friend, your bus'ness done
When, of a hundred thorns, you pull out one.
Or will you think, my friend, your bus'ness done
When, of a hundred thorns, you pull out one.
Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.
Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.
Come what come may,
Time and the hour runs through the roughest day.
Come what come may,
Time and the hour runs through the roughest day.
A third Cato has dropped from the skies.
A third Cato has dropped from the skies.