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Will fortune never come with both hands full,
But write her fair words still in foulest letters?
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Will fortune never come with both hands full,
But write her fair words still in foulest letters?
She either gives a stomach and no food--
Such are the poor, in health--or else a feast
And takes away the stomach-- such are the rich,
That have abundance, and enjoy it not.
If the tag-rag people did not clap him and hiss him, according as
he pleased and displeased them. . read more
If the tag-rag people did not clap him and hiss him, according as
he pleased and displeased them. . . . I am no true man.
Mariana in the moated grange.
Mariana in the moated grange.
Breed up a crow and he'll pick out your eyes.
Breed up a crow and he'll pick out your eyes.
Oh what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
Oh what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
When anger rises, think of the consequences.
When anger rises, think of the consequences.
What a man does by the agency of another is his own act.
What a man does by the agency of another is his own act.
A bad man becomes worse when he apes a saint.
A bad man becomes worse when he apes a saint.
Souldiers in peace are like chimneys in summer.
Souldiers in peace are like chimneys in summer.
