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Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.
Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse.
And on her lover's arm she leant,
And round her waist she felt it fold,
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And on her lover's arm she leant,
And round her waist she felt it fold,
And far across the hills they went,
In that new world that is the old.
Halfe the world knowes not how the other halfe lies.
Halfe the world knowes not how the other halfe lies.
There is no useful thing which may not be turned to an injurious
purpose.
There is no useful thing which may not be turned to an injurious
purpose.
Poore and liberall, rich and coveteous.
Poore and liberall, rich and coveteous.
Will fortune never come with both hands full,
But write her fair words still in foulest letters?
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Will fortune never come with both hands full,
But write her fair words still in foulest letters?
She either gives a stomach and no food--
Such are the poor, in health--or else a feast
And takes away the stomach-- such are the rich,
That have abundance, and enjoy it not.
Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.
Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.
Life consists not merely in existing, but in enjoying health.
Life consists not merely in existing, but in enjoying health.
