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We journey on in life through varied hazards and misfortunes.
We journey on in life through varied hazards and misfortunes.
Will fortune never come with both hands full,
But write her fair words still in foulest letters?
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Will fortune never come with both hands full,
But write her fair words still in foulest letters?
She either gives a stomach and no food--
Such are the poor, in health--or else a feast
And takes away the stomach-- such are the rich,
That have abundance, and enjoy it not.
Hee that burnes his house warmes himselfe for once.
Hee that burnes his house warmes himselfe for once.
Whither art thou rushing to destruction?
Whither art thou rushing to destruction?
In doing nothing men learn to do evil.
In doing nothing men learn to do evil.
The effect speakes, the tongue needes not.
The effect speakes, the tongue needes not.
The plant often removed cannot thrive.
The plant often removed cannot thrive.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever;
Its loveliness increases; it will never
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A thing of beauty is a joy forever;
Its loveliness increases; it will never
Pass into nothingness; but still will keep
A bower quiet for us, and a sleep
Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.
You cannot know wine by the barrell.
[You cannot know the wine by the barrel.]
You cannot know wine by the barrell.
[You cannot know the wine by the barrel.]
