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Industry, perseverance, and frugality make fortune yield.
Industry, perseverance, and frugality make fortune yield.
Behind every great fortune there is a crime.
Behind every great fortune there is a crime.
Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
There is gold for you. Sell me your good report.
There is gold for you. Sell me your good report.
Ill fortune seldom comes alone.
Ill fortune seldom comes alone.
Let fortune empty her whole quiver on me.
I have a soul that, like an ample shield,
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Let fortune empty her whole quiver on me.
I have a soul that, like an ample shield,
Can take in all, and verge enough for more.
If hindrances obstruct the way,
Thy magnanimity display.
And let thy strength be seen:
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If hindrances obstruct the way,
Thy magnanimity display.
And let thy strength be seen:
But O, if Fortune fill thy sail
With more than a propitious gale,
Take half thy canvas in.
Judges and senates have been bought for gold;
Esteem and love were never to be sold.
Judges and senates have been bought for gold;
Esteem and love were never to be sold.
Fortune, now see, now proudly
Pluck off thy veil, and view thy triumph; look,
Look what thou read more
Fortune, now see, now proudly
Pluck off thy veil, and view thy triumph; look,
Look what thou hast brought this land to!--
