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Do what you should, not what you may.
Do what you should, not what you may.
 Although you may strut about, proud of your purse, fortune 
changes not birth.  
 Although you may strut about, proud of your purse, fortune 
changes not birth. 
 It is engendered in the eyes;
 By gazing fed; and fancy dies
  In the cradle where it read more 
 It is engendered in the eyes;
 By gazing fed; and fancy dies
  In the cradle where it lies. 
A fickle and capricious woman.
A fickle and capricious woman.
Every fat (vat) must stand upon its bottom.
Every fat (vat) must stand upon its bottom.
Subtlety set a trap and caught itself.
Subtlety set a trap and caught itself.
It is well not to lend too easy an ear to accusations.
It is well not to lend too easy an ear to accusations.
The War is not don so long as my Enemy lives.
The War is not don so long as my Enemy lives.