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As long as the Fates permit, live cheerfully.
As long as the Fates permit, live cheerfully.
If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe.
If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe.
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.
Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.
Here's metal more attractive.
Here's metal more attractive.
Consider not what may do, but what it will become you to do.
Consider not what may do, but what it will become you to do.
Advise none to marry or goe to warre.
Advise none to marry or goe to warre.
Others' follies teach us not,
Nor much their wisdom teaches;
And most of sterling worth is what
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Others' follies teach us not,
Nor much their wisdom teaches;
And most of sterling worth is what
Our own experience preaches.
The arrow will not always find the mark intended.
The arrow will not always find the mark intended.
The sense of death is most in apprehension,
And the poor beetle that we tread upon
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The sense of death is most in apprehension,
And the poor beetle that we tread upon
In corporal sufferance finds a pang as great
As when a giant dies.