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Oft expectation fails, and most oft there,
Where most it promises.
Oft expectation fails, and most oft there,
Where most it promises.
The love of popularity holds you in a vice.
The love of popularity holds you in a vice.
One woe doth tread upon another's heel,
So fast they follow.
One woe doth tread upon another's heel,
So fast they follow.
In idle wishes fools supinely stay;
Be there a will,--and wisdom finds a way.
In idle wishes fools supinely stay;
Be there a will,--and wisdom finds a way.
May everything he treads upon become a rose!
May everything he treads upon become a rose!
O, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!
O, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!
The reasons of the poore weigh not.
The reasons of the poore weigh not.
Wishing, of all employments is the worst.
Wishing, of all employments is the worst.
