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Will fortune never come with both hands full,
But write her fair words still in foulest letters?
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Will fortune never come with both hands full,
But write her fair words still in foulest letters?
She either gives a stomach and no food--
Such are the poor, in health--or else a feast
And takes away the stomach-- such are the rich,
That have abundance, and enjoy it not.
The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.
The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone.
He quits his place well, that leaves his friend there.
He quits his place well, that leaves his friend there.
A fair face may hide a foul heart.
A fair face may hide a foul heart.
Everyone puts his fault on the Times.
Everyone puts his fault on the Times.
By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded.
By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded.
What's done can't be undone.
[Fr., Ce qui est faicr ne se peult desfaire.]
What's done can't be undone.
[Fr., Ce qui est faicr ne se peult desfaire.]
And on her lover's arm she leant,
And round her waist she felt it fold,
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And on her lover's arm she leant,
And round her waist she felt it fold,
And far across the hills they went,
In that new world that is the old.
Fortune favors the brave.
[Lat., Fortes fortuna adjuvat.]
Fortune favors the brave.
[Lat., Fortes fortuna adjuvat.]
