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I am not now in fortune's power,
He that is down can fall no lower.
I am not now in fortune's power,
He that is down can fall no lower.
Praise day at night, and life at the end.
Praise day at night, and life at the end.
The morning Sunne never lasts a day.
The morning Sunne never lasts a day.
The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
[The wearer knows best where the shoe pinches.]
The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
[The wearer knows best where the shoe pinches.]
When yet was ever found a mother
Who'd give her booby for another?
When yet was ever found a mother
Who'd give her booby for another?
Long is the road to learning by precepts, but short and
successful by examples.
Long is the road to learning by precepts, but short and
successful by examples.
A gentle heart is tyed with an easie thread.
A gentle heart is tyed with an easie thread.
Cover your selfe with your shield, and care not for cryes.
Cover your selfe with your shield, and care not for cryes.
All wish for knowledge, but no one wishes to pay the price of it.
All wish for knowledge, but no one wishes to pay the price of it.