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The wind in ones face makes one wise.
The wind in ones face makes one wise.
How many cowards whose hearts are all as false
As stairs of sand, wear yet upon their chins
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How many cowards whose hearts are all as false
As stairs of sand, wear yet upon their chins
The beards of Hercules and frowning Mars,
Who inward searched, have livers white as milk!
In vain will you fly from one vice if in your wilfulness you
embrace another.
In vain will you fly from one vice if in your wilfulness you
embrace another.
He shall find the rugged thistle bursting
Into glossy purples, that outredden
All voluptuous garden roses.
He shall find the rugged thistle bursting
Into glossy purples, that outredden
All voluptuous garden roses.
One who sets off to the best advantage his every act and speech.
One who sets off to the best advantage his every act and speech.
My ventures are not in one bottom trusted.
My ventures are not in one bottom trusted.
Bad beginnings, bad endings.
Bad beginnings, bad endings.
My poverty, but not my will consents.
My poverty, but not my will consents.
Who hastens a glutton choakes him.
Who hastens a glutton choakes him.
