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The life of man is a winter way.
The life of man is a winter way.
Content is more than a kingdom.
Content is more than a kingdom.
He found a city of bricks, he left one of marble.
He found a city of bricks, he left one of marble.
Sorrow concealed, like an oven stopp'd,
Doth burn the heart to cinders, where it is.
Sorrow concealed, like an oven stopp'd,
Doth burn the heart to cinders, where it is.
Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale,
Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man,
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Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale,
Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man,
And bitter shame hath spoiled the sweet world's taste,
That it yields nought but shame and bitterness.
If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as getting.
If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as getting.
A gentle heart is tyed with an easie thread.
A gentle heart is tyed with an easie thread.
Behold him in conceited circles sail,
Strutting and dancing and now planted stiff,
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Behold him in conceited circles sail,
Strutting and dancing and now planted stiff,
In all his pomp of pageantry, as if
He felt the eyes of Europe on his tail.
Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day
may bring forth.
Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day
may bring forth.
