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Ill blows the wind that profits nobody.
Ill blows the wind that profits nobody.
Great almes-giving lessens no mans living.
Great almes-giving lessens no mans living.
So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
In law, read more
So may the outward shows be least themselves;
The world is still deceived with ornament.
In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt
But being seasoned with a gracious voice,
Obscures the show of evil? In religion,
What damned error but some sober brow
Will bless it and approve it with a text,
Hiding the grossness with fair ornament?
Fortune to one is Mother, to another is Step-mother.
Fortune to one is Mother, to another is Step-mother.
It is a most miserable lot to be without an enemy. [No man can
be successful without being envied read more
It is a most miserable lot to be without an enemy. [No man can
be successful without being envied and hated.]
The tear that is wiped with a little address,
May be follow'd perhaps by a smile.
The tear that is wiped with a little address,
May be follow'd perhaps by a smile.
Each day that fate adds to your life, put down as so much gain.
Each day that fate adds to your life, put down as so much gain.
Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.
Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.
