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The higher the tower, the greater the fall thereof.
The higher the tower, the greater the fall thereof.
Let never maiden think, however fair,
She is not fairer in new clothes than old.
Let never maiden think, however fair,
She is not fairer in new clothes than old.
It's no sure rule to fish with a cros-bow.
It's no sure rule to fish with a cros-bow.
Thursday come, and the week's gone.
Thursday come, and the week's gone.
There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
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There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
Rare is the union of beauty and modesty.
Rare is the union of beauty and modesty.
Who backs his rigid Sabbath, so to speak,
Against the wicked remnant of the week."
Who backs his rigid Sabbath, so to speak,
Against the wicked remnant of the week."
Old men go to Death, Death comes to Young men.
Old men go to Death, Death comes to Young men.
One eye of the masters sees more, then ten of the servants.
One eye of the masters sees more, then ten of the servants.
