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 Fortune, delighting in her cruel task, and playing her wanton 
game untiringly, is ever shifting her uncertain favours.  
 Fortune, delighting in her cruel task, and playing her wanton 
game untiringly, is ever shifting her uncertain favours. 
 Do not unto another that which you would not he should do unto 
you.  
 Do not unto another that which you would not he should do unto 
you. 
Good things soon find a purchaser.
Good things soon find a purchaser.
 To climb steep hills
 Requires slow pace at first.  
 To climb steep hills
 Requires slow pace at first. 
 Modred's narrow foxy face,
 Heart hiding smile, and gray persistent eye.  
 Modred's narrow foxy face,
 Heart hiding smile, and gray persistent eye. 
 Every epigram should resemble a bee; it should have sting, honey, 
and brevity.  
 Every epigram should resemble a bee; it should have sting, honey, 
and brevity.