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Fortune, by being too lavish of her favours on a man, only makes
a fool of him.
Fortune, by being too lavish of her favours on a man, only makes
a fool of him.
Stay a little, that we may make an end the sooner.
Stay a little, that we may make an end the sooner.
She nourishes the poison in her veins and is consumed by a secret
fire.
She nourishes the poison in her veins and is consumed by a secret
fire.
But sighs subside, and tears (even widows') shrink,
Like Arno in the summer, to a shallow.
But sighs subside, and tears (even widows') shrink,
Like Arno in the summer, to a shallow.
The thread breakes, where it is weakest.
The thread breakes, where it is weakest.
Deceive not thy Physitian, Confessor, nor Lawyer.
Deceive not thy Physitian, Confessor, nor Lawyer.
Nothing lasts but the Church.
Nothing lasts but the Church.
An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.
An inch in missing is as bad as an ell.
