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Be not arrogant when fortune smiles, or dejected when she frowns.
Be not arrogant when fortune smiles, or dejected when she frowns.
He shall find the rugged thistle bursting
Into glossy purples, that outredden
All voluptuous garden roses.
He shall find the rugged thistle bursting
Into glossy purples, that outredden
All voluptuous garden roses.
Whither art thou rushing to destruction?
Whither art thou rushing to destruction?
Grief is put to flight and assuaged by generous draughts.
Grief is put to flight and assuaged by generous draughts.
It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
We journey on in life through varied hazards and misfortunes.
We journey on in life through varied hazards and misfortunes.
Halfe the world knowes not how the other halfe lies.
Halfe the world knowes not how the other halfe lies.
Men speake of the faire, as things went with them there.
Men speake of the faire, as things went with them there.
She acquires momentum as she advances. [The progress of Fame or
Rumour.]
She acquires momentum as she advances. [The progress of Fame or
Rumour.]