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Hee that will deceive the fox, must rise betimes.
Hee that will deceive the fox, must rise betimes.
'Tis strange, but true: for truth is always strange;
Stranger than fiction.
'Tis strange, but true: for truth is always strange;
Stranger than fiction.
Be not arrogant when fortune smiles, or dejected when she frowns.
Be not arrogant when fortune smiles, or dejected when she frowns.
Let him laugh, who is on the right side of the hedge.
Let him laugh, who is on the right side of the hedge.
The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried,
Grapple them to thy soul with hooks of steel.
The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried,
Grapple them to thy soul with hooks of steel.
With a smile on her lips, and a tear in her eye.
With a smile on her lips, and a tear in her eye.
It's an ill aire where wee gaine nothing.
It's an ill aire where wee gaine nothing.
In doing nothing men learn to do evil.
In doing nothing men learn to do evil.
Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.
Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.