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They that stand high have many blasts to shake them.
They that stand high have many blasts to shake them.
Beat all your feathers as flat as pancakes.
Beat all your feathers as flat as pancakes.
Make hay while the sun shines.
Make hay while the sun shines.
And Modesty, who, when she goes,
Is gone for ever.
And Modesty, who, when she goes,
Is gone for ever.
The smell of money is good, come whence it may. [Alluding to
Vespasian's tax on ordure.]
The smell of money is good, come whence it may. [Alluding to
Vespasian's tax on ordure.]
The Queen, who sat
With lips severely placid felt the knot
Climb in her throat, and with read more
The Queen, who sat
With lips severely placid felt the knot
Climb in her throat, and with her feet unseen
Crushed the wild passion out against the floor.
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.
If your head is wax, don't walk in the sun.
If your head is wax, don't walk in the sun.
Get what start the sinner may, Retribution, for all her lame leg,
never quits his track.
Get what start the sinner may, Retribution, for all her lame leg,
never quits his track.
