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With diadem and sceptre high advanced,
The lower still I fall; only supreme
In misery; such joy read more
With diadem and sceptre high advanced,
The lower still I fall; only supreme
In misery; such joy ambition finds.
He that sings on friday, will weepe on Sunday.
He that sings on friday, will weepe on Sunday.
Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
The brightest of all things, the sun, hath its spots.
The brightest of all things, the sun, hath its spots.
But with what incessant and grievous ills is old age surrounded!
But with what incessant and grievous ills is old age surrounded!
It is good to have some friends both in heaven and hell.
It is good to have some friends both in heaven and hell.
Where none admire, 'tis useless to excel;
Where none are beaux, 'tis vain to be a belle.
Where none admire, 'tis useless to excel;
Where none are beaux, 'tis vain to be a belle.
That which is not forbidden, is not on that account permitted.
That which is not forbidden, is not on that account permitted.
