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A great fortune is a great slavery.
A great fortune is a great slavery.
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.
Blood is thicker than water.
Blood is thicker than water.
In my integrity I'll wrap me up.
In my integrity I'll wrap me up.
For man may pious texts repeat,
And yet religion have no inward seat.
For man may pious texts repeat,
And yet religion have no inward seat.
And with them words of so sweet breath composed
As made the things more rich.
And with them words of so sweet breath composed
As made the things more rich.
Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance.
Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance.
Who would not wish to be from wealth exempt,
Since riches point to misery and contempt?
Who would not wish to be from wealth exempt,
Since riches point to misery and contempt?
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it.
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it.