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What sorrow was, thou bad'st her know,
And from her own she learnt to melt at others' woe.
What sorrow was, thou bad'st her know,
And from her own she learnt to melt at others' woe.
A heart unspotted is not easily daunted.
A heart unspotted is not easily daunted.
Quick beleevers neede broad shoulders.
Quick beleevers neede broad shoulders.
The shrill trump,
The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife.
The shrill trump,
The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife.
A Lyons skin is never cheape.
A Lyons skin is never cheape.
As long as the Fates permit, live cheerfully.
As long as the Fates permit, live cheerfully.
You can drive out nature with a pitchfork but she keeps on coming
back.
You can drive out nature with a pitchfork but she keeps on coming
back.
She was one of those who by fortune's boon
Are born, as they say, with a silver spoon
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She was one of those who by fortune's boon
Are born, as they say, with a silver spoon
In her mouth, not a wooden ladle.
