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No hour brings good fortune to one man without bringing
misfortune to another.
No hour brings good fortune to one man without bringing
misfortune to another.
There is no reliance to be placed on appearance.
There is no reliance to be placed on appearance.
But man, proud man,
Drest in a little brief authority,--
Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven
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But man, proud man,
Drest in a little brief authority,--
Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven
As make the angels weep.
The sonne full and tattered, the daughter empty and fine.
The sonne full and tattered, the daughter empty and fine.
You shall never want rope enough.
You shall never want rope enough.
Desiring things widely different for their various tastes.
Desiring things widely different for their various tastes.
Craft against craft makes no living.
Craft against craft makes no living.
Who spits against heaven, it falls in his face.
Who spits against heaven, it falls in his face.
