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'Tis strange, but true: for truth is always strange;
Stranger than fiction.
'Tis strange, but true: for truth is always strange;
Stranger than fiction.
No hour brings good fortune to one man without bringing
misfortune to another.
No hour brings good fortune to one man without bringing
misfortune to another.
The Bathe of the Blackamoor hath sworne not to whiten.
The Bathe of the Blackamoor hath sworne not to whiten.
She loved me for the dangers I had passed,
And I loved her for having pitied them.
She loved me for the dangers I had passed,
And I loved her for having pitied them.
Fooles give to please all but their owne.
Fooles give to please all but their owne.
The big thieves hang the little ones.
The big thieves hang the little ones.
Much spends the traveller, more then the abider.
Much spends the traveller, more then the abider.
A mans discontent is his worst evill.
A mans discontent is his worst evill.
