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Preferment goes by letter and affection,
And not by old gradation, where each second
Stood heir to read more
Preferment goes by letter and affection,
And not by old gradation, where each second
Stood heir to th's first.
Here is a fine field for talent.
Here is a fine field for talent.
Do what you should, not what you may.
Do what you should, not what you may.
Fortune, delighting in her cruel task, and playing her wanton
game untiringly, is ever shifting her uncertain favours.
Fortune, delighting in her cruel task, and playing her wanton
game untiringly, is ever shifting her uncertain favours.
Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.
Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.
Although it raine, throw not away thy watering pot.
Although it raine, throw not away thy watering pot.
If fooles should not foole it, they shall lose their season.
If fooles should not foole it, they shall lose their season.
Sweep on, you fat and greasy citizens;
'Tis just the fashion. Wherefore do you look
Upon that read more
Sweep on, you fat and greasy citizens;
'Tis just the fashion. Wherefore do you look
Upon that poor and broken bankrupt there?
Love and a cough cannot be hid.
Love and a cough cannot be hid.