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Either wealth is much increased, or moderation is much decayed.
Either wealth is much increased, or moderation is much decayed.
To go where the King goes afoot (i.e. to the stool).
To go where the King goes afoot (i.e. to the stool).
Unless the vessel be pure, everything which is poured into it
will turn sour.
Unless the vessel be pure, everything which is poured into it
will turn sour.
What an alteration of honour has
Desperate want made!
What an alteration of honour has
Desperate want made!
He told me once
The saddest thing that can befall the soul,
Is when it loses faith read more
He told me once
The saddest thing that can befall the soul,
Is when it loses faith in God and woman,
For he had lost them both. Lost I those gems,
Though the world's throne stood open in my path,
I would go wandering back into my childhood,
Searching for them with tears.
Stolen kisses are always sweeter.
Stolen kisses are always sweeter.
A man's destiny is alwayes dark.
A man's destiny is alwayes dark.
Hence ye profane; I hate ye all;
Both the great vulgar, and the small.
Hence ye profane; I hate ye all;
Both the great vulgar, and the small.
Of a new Prince, new bondage.
Of a new Prince, new bondage.
