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Fortune, delighting in her cruel task, and playing her wanton
game untiringly, is ever shifting her uncertain favours.
Fortune, delighting in her cruel task, and playing her wanton
game untiringly, is ever shifting her uncertain favours.
He that is fallen cannot helpe him that is downe.
He that is fallen cannot helpe him that is downe.
The tendency of humanity is towards the forbidden.
The tendency of humanity is towards the forbidden.
Put your toong in your purse.
Put your toong in your purse.
Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day
may bring forth.
Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day
may bring forth.
If things were to be done twice, all would be wise.
If things were to be done twice, all would be wise.
The eye is bigger then the belly.
[The eye is bigger than the belly.]
The eye is bigger then the belly.
[The eye is bigger than the belly.]
Let the cobbler stick to his last.
Let the cobbler stick to his last.
Shows that we build, when we should but entomb us.
Shows that we build, when we should but entomb us.