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Life ain't all beer and skittles.
Life ain't all beer and skittles.
An old wise mans shaddow is better then a young buzzards sword.
An old wise mans shaddow is better then a young buzzards sword.
They make a desert and they call it peace.
They make a desert and they call it peace.
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.
O, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!
O, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!
To speake of an Vsurer at the table marres the wine.
To speake of an Vsurer at the table marres the wine.
There are games in which it is better to lose than win.
There are games in which it is better to lose than win.
Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
[Lat., Fortuna multis dat nimis, satis nulli.]
Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
[Lat., Fortuna multis dat nimis, satis nulli.]