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They are raised on high that their fall may be the greater.
They are raised on high that their fall may be the greater.
Thus the whirligig of time
Brings in his revenges.
Thus the whirligig of time
Brings in his revenges.
What you don't know can't hurt you.
What you don't know can't hurt you.
How many cowards whose hearts are all as false
As stairs of sand, wear yet upon their chins
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How many cowards whose hearts are all as false
As stairs of sand, wear yet upon their chins
The beards of Hercules and frowning Mars,
Who inward searched, have livers white as milk!
He who wants to get rich wants to get rich quickly.
He who wants to get rich wants to get rich quickly.
The back-doore robs the house.
The back-doore robs the house.
'Tis too much proved,--that with devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.
'Tis too much proved,--that with devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.
Be not for ever harassed by impotent desire.
Be not for ever harassed by impotent desire.
