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Heap on more wood! the wind is chill!
But let it whistle as it will,
We'll keep read more
Heap on more wood! the wind is chill!
But let it whistle as it will,
We'll keep up Christmas merry still.
It is the bright day that brings forth the adder.
It is the bright day that brings forth the adder.
Honour without profit is a ring on the finger.
Honour without profit is a ring on the finger.
The Good are better made by Ill,
As odours crushed are sweeter still.
The Good are better made by Ill,
As odours crushed are sweeter still.
Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
[Lat., Fortuna multis dat nimis, satis nulli.]
Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
[Lat., Fortuna multis dat nimis, satis nulli.]
Fight thou with shafts of silver, and o'ercome
When no force else can get the masterdom.
Fight thou with shafts of silver, and o'ercome
When no force else can get the masterdom.
The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.
The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.
Thornes whiten yet doe nothing.
Thornes whiten yet doe nothing.
