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Although you may strut about, proud of your purse, fortune
changes not birth.
Although you may strut about, proud of your purse, fortune
changes not birth.
God is at the end, when we thinke he is furthest off it.
God is at the end, when we thinke he is furthest off it.
I have other fish to fry.
I have other fish to fry.
Praise day at night, and life at the end.
Praise day at night, and life at the end.
Censure pardons the ravens but rebukes the doves. [The innocent
are punished and the wicked escape.]
Censure pardons the ravens but rebukes the doves. [The innocent
are punished and the wicked escape.]
O let not women's weapons, water-drops,
Stain my man's cheeks!
O let not women's weapons, water-drops,
Stain my man's cheeks!
Small habits, well pursued betimes,
May reach the dignity of crimes.
Small habits, well pursued betimes,
May reach the dignity of crimes.
What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
