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Fortune is never satisfied with bringing one sorrow.
Fortune is never satisfied with bringing one sorrow.
Something attempted, something done
Has earned a night's repose.
Something attempted, something done
Has earned a night's repose.
They that are booted are not alwaies ready.
They that are booted are not alwaies ready.
Were there no fooles, badd ware would not passe.
Were there no fooles, badd ware would not passe.
It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.
It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.
He bristles with hair, like a sea-urchin or a hunted boar.
He bristles with hair, like a sea-urchin or a hunted boar.
The net is not spread for the hawk or the kite.
The net is not spread for the hawk or the kite.
'Tis easier to build two chimneys, then to maintaine one.
'Tis easier to build two chimneys, then to maintaine one.
Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world
Like a Colossus, and we petty men
Walk under read more
Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world
Like a Colossus, and we petty men
Walk under his huge legs and peep about
To find ourselves dishonorable graves.
