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Although you may strut about, proud of your purse, fortune
changes not birth.
Although you may strut about, proud of your purse, fortune
changes not birth.
He that hath a head of waxe must not walke in the sunne.
He that hath a head of waxe must not walke in the sunne.
You are judged of by what you possess.
You are judged of by what you possess.
In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
O churl! drink all; and leave no friendly drop!
O churl! drink all; and leave no friendly drop!
When you have set yourself a task finish it.
When you have set yourself a task finish it.
Change but the name, and you are the subject of the story.
Change but the name, and you are the subject of the story.
He that passeth a winters day escapes an enemy.
He that passeth a winters day escapes an enemy.
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.
