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Fortune to one is Mother, to another is Step-mother.
Fortune to one is Mother, to another is Step-mother.
The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.
The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.
Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.
Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.
Their rise is one of difficulty, whose merits are impeded by
poverty.
Their rise is one of difficulty, whose merits are impeded by
poverty.
Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance.
Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance.
Musick helps not the tooth-ach.
Musick helps not the tooth-ach.
Old soldiers never die;
They fade away!
Old soldiers never die;
They fade away!
What is not in a man cannot come out of him surely.
What is not in a man cannot come out of him surely.
Wine ever paies for his loding.
Wine ever paies for his loding.
