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Blood is thicker than water.
Blood is thicker than water.
A great fortune is a great slavery.
A great fortune is a great slavery.
If you could runne, as you drinke, you might catch a hare.
If you could runne, as you drinke, you might catch a hare.
Charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
Charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
What has not wasting time impaired?
What has not wasting time impaired?
Give a man enough rope and he'll hang himself.
Give a man enough rope and he'll hang himself.
Here, or nowhere, is the thing we seek.
Here, or nowhere, is the thing we seek.
One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor;
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One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor;
And so in ours, some neighboring nation,
Taking advantage of our misery,
Hath stuffed the hollow vessels with their power,
To beat us down, the which are down already;
And make a conquest of unhappy,
Whereas no glory 's got to overcome.
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have
greatness thrust upon 'em.
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have
greatness thrust upon 'em.