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Faire words makes mee looke to my purse.
Faire words makes mee looke to my purse.
Wine is a turne-coate (first a friend, then an enemy).
Wine is a turne-coate (first a friend, then an enemy).
To counsel others, and to disregard one's own safety, is folly.
To counsel others, and to disregard one's own safety, is folly.
Present fears
Are less than horrible imaginings.
Present fears
Are less than horrible imaginings.
Let to-morrow take care of to-morrow,
Leave things of the future to fate;
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Let to-morrow take care of to-morrow,
Leave things of the future to fate;
What's the use to anticipate sorrow?
Life's troubles come never too late.
To each man at his birth nature has given some fault.
To each man at his birth nature has given some fault.
They dance, they revel, and they sing,
Till the rude turrets shake and ring.
They dance, they revel, and they sing,
Till the rude turrets shake and ring.
The man of wisdom is the man of years.
The man of wisdom is the man of years.