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Better times perhaps await us who are now wretched.
Better times perhaps await us who are now wretched.
The end crowns all,
And that old common arbitrator, Time,
Will one day end it.
The end crowns all,
And that old common arbitrator, Time,
Will one day end it.
Heir follows heir, as wave succeeds to wave.
Heir follows heir, as wave succeeds to wave.
He that burnes most shines most.
He that burnes most shines most.
Happie is hee that chastens himselfe.
Happie is hee that chastens himselfe.
The wind in ones face makes one wise.
The wind in ones face makes one wise.
Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
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Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
Ride more than thou goest,
Learn more than thou trowest,
Set less than thou throwest;
Leave thy drink and thy whore,
And keep in-a-door,
And thou shalt have more
Than two tens to a score.
Originality provokes originality.
Originality provokes originality.
