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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.
Nothing stings us so bitterly as the loss of money.
Nothing stings us so bitterly as the loss of money.
The foole askes much, but hee is more foole that grants it.
The foole askes much, but hee is more foole that grants it.
In avoiding one vice fools rush into the opposite extreme.
In avoiding one vice fools rush into the opposite extreme.
Villany reduces those whom it defiles to the same level.
Villany reduces those whom it defiles to the same level.
A fault is fostered by concealment.
A fault is fostered by concealment.
Hee that hath one hogge makes him fat, and hee that hath one son
makes him a foole.
Hee that hath one hogge makes him fat, and hee that hath one son
makes him a foole.
They talk like angels but they live like men.
They talk like angels but they live like men.
The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew,
And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.
The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew,
And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.
