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Be not arrogant when fortune smiles, or dejected when she frowns.
Be not arrogant when fortune smiles, or dejected when she frowns.
Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft.
Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft.
Old Camels carry young Camels skins to the Market.
Old Camels carry young Camels skins to the Market.
One woe doth tread upon another's heel,
So fast they follow.
One woe doth tread upon another's heel,
So fast they follow.
A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
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A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word,
With no pore piety than other people--
A daw's not reckoned a religious bird
Because it keeps a-cawing from a steeple.
The crow bewailes the sheepe, and then eates it.
The crow bewailes the sheepe, and then eates it.
The mob will now and then see things in a right light.
The mob will now and then see things in a right light.
