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Men at some times are masters of their fates.
Men at some times are masters of their fates.
Yet gold all is not that doth golden seem.
Yet gold all is not that doth golden seem.
A little Kitchin makes a large house.
A little Kitchin makes a large house.
Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye,
And where care lodges, sleep will never lie;
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Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye,
And where care lodges, sleep will never lie;
But where unbruised youth with unstuffed brain
Doth couch his limbs, there golden sleep doth reign.
But who alas! can love and then be wise?
But who alas! can love and then be wise?
Flames too soon acquire strength if disregarded.
Flames too soon acquire strength if disregarded.
All things deteriorate in time.
All things deteriorate in time.
He deliberately thrusts his silly head into the matrimonial
halter.
He deliberately thrusts his silly head into the matrimonial
halter.
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.