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We journey on in life through varied hazards and misfortunes.
We journey on in life through varied hazards and misfortunes.
Whether you boyle snow or pound it, you can have but water of it.
Whether you boyle snow or pound it, you can have but water of it.
Their rise is one of difficulty, whose merits are impeded by
poverty.
Their rise is one of difficulty, whose merits are impeded by
poverty.
Blest tears of soul-felt penitence!
In whose benign, redeeming flow
Is felt the first, the only sense
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Blest tears of soul-felt penitence!
In whose benign, redeeming flow
Is felt the first, the only sense
Of guiltless joy that guilt can know.
When a dog is a drowning, everyone offers him drink.
When a dog is a drowning, everyone offers him drink.
Things are worth what they will fetch at a sale.
Things are worth what they will fetch at a sale.
Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason?
Why if it prosper, none dare call it treason.
Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason?
Why if it prosper, none dare call it treason.
If you are only an underling, don't dress too fine.
If you are only an underling, don't dress too fine.
Life ain't all beer and skittles.
Life ain't all beer and skittles.