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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 you are capable of submitting to insult you ought to be
insulted.
If you are capable of submitting to insult you ought to be
insulted.
Say to pleasure, Gentle Eve, I will none of your apple.
Say to pleasure, Gentle Eve, I will none of your apple.
It is easy to be wise after the event.
It is easy to be wise after the event.
Leave not a sword in the hand of an idiot.
Leave not a sword in the hand of an idiot.
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent
without hope.
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent
without hope.
Time puts an end to speculation in opinions, and confirms the
laws of nature.
Time puts an end to speculation in opinions, and confirms the
laws of nature.
What an alteration of honour has
Desperate want made!
What an alteration of honour has
Desperate want made!
A lucky chance, that oft decides the fate
Of mighty monarchs.
A lucky chance, that oft decides the fate
Of mighty monarchs.
