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Fortune, delighting in her cruel task, and playing her wanton
game untiringly, is ever shifting her uncertain favours.
Fortune, delighting in her cruel task, and playing her wanton
game untiringly, is ever shifting her uncertain favours.
A blustering night, a faire day.
A blustering night, a faire day.
To each man at his birth nature has given some fault.
To each man at his birth nature has given some fault.
The friends of the unfortunate live a long way off.
The friends of the unfortunate live a long way off.
What, lost a world, and bade a hero fly?
The timid tear in Cleopatra's eye.
What, lost a world, and bade a hero fly?
The timid tear in Cleopatra's eye.
In the morning mountaines, in the evening fountaines.
In the morning mountaines, in the evening fountaines.
Know how sublime a thing it is
To suffer and be strong.
Know how sublime a thing it is
To suffer and be strong.
Honesty is the best policy.
Honesty is the best policy.
