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Pull downe your hatt on the winds side.
Pull downe your hatt on the winds side.
Although it raine, throw not away thy watering pot.
Although it raine, throw not away thy watering pot.
He that feares death lives not.
He that feares death lives not.
 You must loose a flie to catch a trout.
 [You must lose a fly to catch a trout.]  
 You must loose a flie to catch a trout.
 [You must lose a fly to catch a trout.] 
Enjoy in happiness the pleasures which each hour brings with it.
Enjoy in happiness the pleasures which each hour brings with it.
The pen is mightier than the sword.
The pen is mightier than the sword.
 For there's no motion
 That tends to vice in man, but I affirm
  It is the woman's read more 
 For there's no motion
 That tends to vice in man, but I affirm
  It is the woman's part. 
I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.
I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.
 Sweet are the uses of adversity,
 Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous,
  Wears yet a precious read more 
 Sweet are the uses of adversity,
 Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous,
  Wears yet a precious jewel in his head.