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To a crazy ship all winds are contrary.
To a crazy ship all winds are contrary.
Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft.
Of a pigs taile you can never make a good shaft.
Fear not the future, weep not for the past.
Fear not the future, weep not for the past.
You must strike in measure, when there are many to strike on one
Anvile.
You must strike in measure, when there are many to strike on one
Anvile.
Good things soon find a purchaser.
Good things soon find a purchaser.
Common report is not always wrong.
Common report is not always wrong.
O, that men's ears should be
To counsel deaf, but not to flattery!
O, that men's ears should be
To counsel deaf, but not to flattery!
A far greater warfare lies hidden under this assumed peace.
A far greater warfare lies hidden under this assumed peace.
No greater grief than to remember days
Of joy when misery is at hand.
No greater grief than to remember days
Of joy when misery is at hand.
