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It is success that colours all in life,
Success makes fools admir'd, makes villains honest.
It is success that colours all in life,
Success makes fools admir'd, makes villains honest.
A fair face may hide a foul heart.
A fair face may hide a foul heart.
He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the
Dead (i.e. books).
He is a great Necromancer, for he asks counsel counsell of the
Dead (i.e. books).
Alas! the fleeting years, how they roll on!
Alas! the fleeting years, how they roll on!
The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
The first service a child doth his father is to make him foolish.
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.
To a gratefull man give mony when he askes.
To a gratefull man give mony when he askes.
He like a rock in the sea unshaken stands his ground.
He like a rock in the sea unshaken stands his ground.
Pedigree and ancestry and what we ourselves have not achieved, I
scarcely recognize as our own.
Pedigree and ancestry and what we ourselves have not achieved, I
scarcely recognize as our own.
