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But, Clifford, tell me, didst thou never hear,
That things ill got had ever bad success?
But, Clifford, tell me, didst thou never hear,
That things ill got had ever bad success?
He who gets the better of an irascible temperament conquers his
worst enemy.
He who gets the better of an irascible temperament conquers his
worst enemy.
He who is first in time has the prior right.
He who is first in time has the prior right.
Wine is a turne-coate (first a friend, then an enemy).
Wine is a turne-coate (first a friend, then an enemy).
O well for him whose will is strong,
He suffers, but he will not suffer long.
O well for him whose will is strong,
He suffers, but he will not suffer long.
Hee stands not surely, that never slips.
Hee stands not surely, that never slips.
Death rides on every passing breeze,
He lurks in every flower.
Death rides on every passing breeze,
He lurks in every flower.
When all sinnes grow old, coveteousnesse is young.
When all sinnes grow old, coveteousnesse is young.
The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.
The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.
