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Many a smale maketh a grate.
Many a smale maketh a grate.
You cannot make the fire so low but it will get out.
You cannot make the fire so low but it will get out.
We frolic while 'tis May.
We frolic while 'tis May.
Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]
Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]
United we stand, divided we fall.
United we stand, divided we fall.
It is not to be argued that the abuse of a thing proves that it
is useless.
It is not to be argued that the abuse of a thing proves that it
is useless.
With diadem and sceptre high advanced,
The lower still I fall; only supreme
In misery; such joy read more
With diadem and sceptre high advanced,
The lower still I fall; only supreme
In misery; such joy ambition finds.
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.