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For use almost can change the stamp of nature.
For use almost can change the stamp of nature.
There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
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There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
Whose wit in the combat as gentle as bright
Ne'er carried a heartstain away on its blade.
Whose wit in the combat as gentle as bright
Ne'er carried a heartstain away on its blade.
A great fortune is a great slavery.
A great fortune is a great slavery.
For 'tis the mind that makes the body rich;
And as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds,
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For 'tis the mind that makes the body rich;
And as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds,
So honour peereth in the meanest habit.
What an alteration of honour has
Desperate want made!
What an alteration of honour has
Desperate want made!
My ventures are not in one bottom trusted.
My ventures are not in one bottom trusted.
They make a desert and they call it peace.
They make a desert and they call it peace.
