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Since you know all, and I nothing, tell me what I dreamed last
night.
Since you know all, and I nothing, tell me what I dreamed last
night.
The price never stood in the way of her inclination.
The price never stood in the way of her inclination.
Each day that fate adds to your life, put down as so much gain.
Each day that fate adds to your life, put down as so much gain.
He who trusts himself for safety to the care of a wicked man, in
seeking succour meets with ruin.
He who trusts himself for safety to the care of a wicked man, in
seeking succour meets with ruin.
The child saies nothing, but what it heard by the fire.
The child saies nothing, but what it heard by the fire.
What he has is of no more use to the miser than that which he has
not.
What he has is of no more use to the miser than that which he has
not.
With diadem and sceptre high advanced,
The lower still I fall; only supreme
In misery; such joy read more
With diadem and sceptre high advanced,
The lower still I fall; only supreme
In misery; such joy ambition finds.
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.
