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Fortune may rob us of our wealth, not of our courage.
Fortune may rob us of our wealth, not of our courage.
Let him play the second fiddle who can't play the first.
Let him play the second fiddle who can't play the first.
Turkey, heresy, hops, and beer came into England all in one year.
Turkey, heresy, hops, and beer came into England all in one year.
One picture is worth ten thousand words.
One picture is worth ten thousand words.
Wealth is like rheume, it falles on the weakest parts.
Wealth is like rheume, it falles on the weakest parts.
 And quick his colour went and came,
 As fear and rage alternate rose.  
 And quick his colour went and came,
 As fear and rage alternate rose. 
Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.
Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.
Grief brims itself and flows away in tears.
Grief brims itself and flows away in tears.
 Great actions are not always true sons
 Of great and mighty resolutions.  
 Great actions are not always true sons
 Of great and mighty resolutions.