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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.
All soils are not fertile.
All soils are not fertile.
You will not be a chip the richer.
You will not be a chip the richer.
The fault is as great as hee that is faulty.
The fault is as great as hee that is faulty.
Faire language grates not the tongue.
Faire language grates not the tongue.
Nothing is more ill-timed than an ill-timed laugh.
Nothing is more ill-timed than an ill-timed laugh.
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."
How much of injustice and depravity is sanctioned by custom!
How much of injustice and depravity is sanctioned by custom!
The judge is condemned when the guilty is acquitted.
[Lat., Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur.]
The judge is condemned when the guilty is acquitted.
[Lat., Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur.]
