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Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
How to conduct yourself properly before your superiors.
How to conduct yourself properly before your superiors.
Like a dog he hunts in dreams.
Like a dog he hunts in dreams.
Grief brims itself and flows away in tears.
Grief brims itself and flows away in tears.
Faire words makes mee looke to my purse.
Faire words makes mee looke to my purse.
For men, at most, differ as heaven and earth;
But women, worst and best, as heaven and hell.
For men, at most, differ as heaven and earth;
But women, worst and best, as heaven and hell.
When God will, no winde but brings raine.
When God will, no winde but brings raine.
He invites the commission of a crime who does not forbid it, when
it is in his power to read more
He invites the commission of a crime who does not forbid it, when
it is in his power to do so.
Whither, O god of wine, art thou hurrying me, whilst under thy
all-powerful influence?
Whither, O god of wine, art thou hurrying me, whilst under thy
all-powerful influence?
