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Gain, acquired by many agents, soon accumulates.
Gain, acquired by many agents, soon accumulates.
Preferment goes by letter and affection,
And not by old gradation, where each second
Stood heir to read more
Preferment goes by letter and affection,
And not by old gradation, where each second
Stood heir to th's first.
As the yellow gold is tried in the fire, so is sincerity tested
in adversity.
As the yellow gold is tried in the fire, so is sincerity tested
in adversity.
Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.
Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets.
Howe'er it be, it seems to me,
'Tis only noble to be good;
Kind hearts are more read more
Howe'er it be, it seems to me,
'Tis only noble to be good;
Kind hearts are more than coronets,
And simple faith than Norman blood.
The heart-sick faintness of the hope delayed!
The heart-sick faintness of the hope delayed!
Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy.
Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy.
My bark, once struck by the fury of the storm, dreads again to
approach the place of danger.
My bark, once struck by the fury of the storm, dreads again to
approach the place of danger.
Whom drink made wits, though nature made them fools.
Whom drink made wits, though nature made them fools.
