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Fortune to one is Mother, to another is Step-mother.
Fortune to one is Mother, to another is Step-mother.
The sense of death is most in apprehension.
The sense of death is most in apprehension.
Unexpected results are the rule rather than the exception.
Unexpected results are the rule rather than the exception.
 Satan finds some mischief still
 For idle hands to do.  
 Satan finds some mischief still
 For idle hands to do. 
 'Tis very certain the desire of life
 Prolongs it.  
 'Tis very certain the desire of life
 Prolongs it. 
We are slow to believe that which, if true, would grieve us.
We are slow to believe that which, if true, would grieve us.
Ever since we weare cloathes, we know not one another.
Ever since we weare cloathes, we know not one another.
What has not wasting time impaired?
What has not wasting time impaired?
 A man of a great memory without learning hath a rock and a 
spindle, and no staffe to spin.  
 A man of a great memory without learning hath a rock and a 
spindle, and no staffe to spin.