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No hour brings good fortune to one man without bringing
misfortune to another.
No hour brings good fortune to one man without bringing
misfortune to another.
For use almost can change the stamp of nature.
For use almost can change the stamp of nature.
As fierce as hell, or fiercer still,
A woman piqued who has her will.
As fierce as hell, or fiercer still,
A woman piqued who has her will.
Musick helps not the tooth-ach.
Musick helps not the tooth-ach.
But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.
But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.
The wine in the bottell doth not quench thirst.
[The wine in the bottle does not quench thirst.]
The wine in the bottell doth not quench thirst.
[The wine in the bottle does not quench thirst.]
Happie is hee that chastens himselfe.
Happie is hee that chastens himselfe.
To love is a pleasure of youth, a sin in old age.
To love is a pleasure of youth, a sin in old age.
A wolfe will never make war against another wolfe.
A wolfe will never make war against another wolfe.
