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The brave or the fortunate can afford to laugh at envy.
The brave or the fortunate can afford to laugh at envy.
The wolfe eats oft of the sheep that have been warn'd.
The wolfe eats oft of the sheep that have been warn'd.
What mare's nest hast thou found?
What mare's nest hast thou found?
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent
without hope.
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent
without hope.
Endure the present, and watch for better things.
Endure the present, and watch for better things.
As the sweet voice of a bird,
Heard by the lander in a lonely isle,
Moves him read more
As the sweet voice of a bird,
Heard by the lander in a lonely isle,
Moves him to think what kind of bird it is,
That sings so delicately clear, and make
Conjecture of the plumage and the form.
I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.
I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.
Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye.
Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye.
He who profits by a crime, commits it.
He who profits by a crime, commits it.
