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Fortune is never satisfied with bringing one sorrow.
Fortune is never satisfied with bringing one sorrow.
Look not upon the wine when it is read, when it giveth his colour
in the cup, when it read more
Look not upon the wine when it is read, when it giveth his colour
in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
Lightning strikes the tops of the mountains.
Lightning strikes the tops of the mountains.
Omittance is no quittance.
Omittance is no quittance.
The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew,
And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.
The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew,
And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.
So live with an inferior as you would wish a superior to live
with you.
So live with an inferior as you would wish a superior to live
with you.
Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.
Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.
Old wine, and an old friend, are good provisions.
Old wine, and an old friend, are good provisions.
All powerful is the rule of fashion.
All powerful is the rule of fashion.