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Be not arrogant when fortune smiles, or dejected when she frowns.
Be not arrogant when fortune smiles, or dejected when she frowns.
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
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Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall:
Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,
And some condemned for a fault alone.
Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.
Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.
Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale.
Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale.
The cholerick man never wants woe.
The cholerick man never wants woe.
A woman conceales what shee knowes not.
A woman conceales what shee knowes not.
To live peaceably with all breedes good blood.
To live peaceably with all breedes good blood.
He who has once made himself notorious as utterly unprincipled,
is not credited even when he speaks the truth.
He who has once made himself notorious as utterly unprincipled,
is not credited even when he speaks the truth.
