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The vulgar follow Fortune's glances.
The vulgar follow Fortune's glances.
Better be a foole then a knave.
Better be a foole then a knave.
Each day that fate adds to your life, put down as so much gain.
Each day that fate adds to your life, put down as so much gain.
What boots it at one gate to make defence,
And at another to let in the foe?
What boots it at one gate to make defence,
And at another to let in the foe?
None is offended but by himselfe.
None is offended but by himselfe.
A healer of others, himself diseased.
A healer of others, himself diseased.
Even a child is known by his doings.
Even a child is known by his doings.
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent
without hope.
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent
without hope.
In an hundred elles of contention, there is not an inch of love.
In an hundred elles of contention, there is not an inch of love.