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There is no such thing as perfect happiness.
There is no such thing as perfect happiness.
Nothing is so difficult but that man will accomplish it.
Nothing is so difficult but that man will accomplish it.
My age, my inclinations, are no longer what they were.
My age, my inclinations, are no longer what they were.
That which never has been, never is, and never will be.
That which never has been, never is, and never will be.
A great fortune is a great slavery.
A great fortune is a great slavery.
Your thoughts close, and your countenance loose.
Your thoughts close, and your countenance loose.
He that is at ease seekes dainties.
He that is at ease seekes dainties.
One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor;
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One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor;
And so in ours, some neighboring nation,
Taking advantage of our misery,
Hath stuffed the hollow vessels with their power,
To beat us down, the which are down already;
And make a conquest of unhappy,
Whereas no glory 's got to overcome.
Evils have their comfort, good none can support.
Evils have their comfort, good none can support.
