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Fortune, delighting in her cruel task, and playing her wanton
game untiringly, is ever shifting her uncertain favours.
Fortune, delighting in her cruel task, and playing her wanton
game untiringly, is ever shifting her uncertain favours.
Goods are theirs that enjoy them.
Goods are theirs that enjoy them.
One gets a cross for his crime, the other a crown.
One gets a cross for his crime, the other a crown.
The faults of our neighbours with freedom we blame,
But tax not ourselves, though we practise the same.
The faults of our neighbours with freedom we blame,
But tax not ourselves, though we practise the same.
Lips that touch liquor will never touch mine.
Lips that touch liquor will never touch mine.
If the mother had not beene in the oven, shee had never sought
her daughter there.
If the mother had not beene in the oven, shee had never sought
her daughter there.
Never had ill workeman good tooles.
Never had ill workeman good tooles.
The hope of escaping with impunity is the greatest incentive to
vice.
The hope of escaping with impunity is the greatest incentive to
vice.
