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Power seldome grows old at Court.
Power seldome grows old at Court.
Like summer tempest came her tears:
Sweet my child, I live for thee.
Like summer tempest came her tears:
Sweet my child, I live for thee.
If you would bee at ease, all the world is not.
If you would bee at ease, all the world is not.
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.
The dowry, not the wife, is the object of attraction.
The dowry, not the wife, is the object of attraction.
Handsome features are a silent recommendation.
Handsome features are a silent recommendation.
He that gaines well and spends well, needes no count booke.
He that gaines well and spends well, needes no count booke.
O ye who teach the ingenuous youth of nations--
Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain;
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O ye who teach the ingenuous youth of nations--
Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain;
I pray ye flog them upon all occasions,
It mends their morals--never mind the pain.
There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
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There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
