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Hee that is throwne would ever wrestle.
Hee that is throwne would ever wrestle.
Only by the candle, held in the skeleton hand of Poverty, can man
read his own dark heart.
Only by the candle, held in the skeleton hand of Poverty, can man
read his own dark heart.
That which we are not permitted to have we delight in; that which
we can have is disregarded.
That which we are not permitted to have we delight in; that which
we can have is disregarded.
You are judged of by what you possess.
You are judged of by what you possess.
Who gathers thistles, may expect pricks.
Who gathers thistles, may expect pricks.
And we must take the current when it serves;
Or lose our ventures.
And we must take the current when it serves;
Or lose our ventures.
Pension never inriched young man.
Pension never inriched young man.
'Tis not long after
But I will wear my heart upon my sleeve,
For daws to peck read more
'Tis not long after
But I will wear my heart upon my sleeve,
For daws to peck at.
The Cow knowes not what her taile is worth, till she have lost
it.
The Cow knowes not what her taile is worth, till she have lost
it.