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Turn, Fortune, turn thy wheel, and lower the proud.
Turn, Fortune, turn thy wheel, and lower the proud.
Riches are first to be sought for; after wealth, virtue.
Riches are first to be sought for; after wealth, virtue.
Let the straight-limbed laugh at the club-footed, the white
skinned at the blackamoor.
Let the straight-limbed laugh at the club-footed, the white
skinned at the blackamoor.
He carries well, to whom it waighes not.
He carries well, to whom it waighes not.
The charges of building and making of gardens are unknowne.
The charges of building and making of gardens are unknowne.
We are born poets. we become orators.
We are born poets. we become orators.
If God lived on earth, people would break his windows.
If God lived on earth, people would break his windows.
The wine in the bottell doth not quench thirst.
[The wine in the bottle does not quench thirst.]
The wine in the bottell doth not quench thirst.
[The wine in the bottle does not quench thirst.]
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.