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The goal of yesterday will be our starting-point to-morrow.
The goal of yesterday will be our starting-point to-morrow.
There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
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There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
Occupy yourself, and you will be out of harm's way.
Occupy yourself, and you will be out of harm's way.
One heat another heat expels.
One heat another heat expels.
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.
The gallant Sir Robert fought hard to the end,
But who can with fate and quart bumpers contend?
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The gallant Sir Robert fought hard to the end,
But who can with fate and quart bumpers contend?
Though Fate said, a hero should perish ill light;
So up rose bright Phoebus, and down fell the knight.
He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.
Hee looseth nothing, that looseth not God.
Hee looseth nothing, that looseth not God.
