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Doe what thou oughtest, and come what come can.
Doe what thou oughtest, and come what come can.
The finishing stroke of all sorrow.
The finishing stroke of all sorrow.
Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep.
Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep.
Fortune favours the bold.
Fortune favours the bold.
As with a little girl playing with her nurse, the toy which she
eagerly sought she soon tires of read more
As with a little girl playing with her nurse, the toy which she
eagerly sought she soon tires of and discards.
Alas how difficult is it to preserve a high reputation!
Alas how difficult is it to preserve a high reputation!
Thoughts shut up want air,
And spoil like bales unopen'd to the sun.
Thoughts shut up want air,
And spoil like bales unopen'd to the sun.
He can do most who has most power.
He can do most who has most power.
All things in their beeing are good for something.
All things in their beeing are good for something.
