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Perhaps the day may come when we shall remember these sufferings
with joy.
Perhaps the day may come when we shall remember these sufferings
with joy.
A penny spar'd is twice got.
A penny spar'd is twice got.
Hee that lives well is learned enough.
Hee that lives well is learned enough.
I abhor the profane rabble and keep them at a distance.
I abhor the profane rabble and keep them at a distance.
No choice amongst stinking fish.
No choice amongst stinking fish.
Good things soon find a purchaser.
Good things soon find a purchaser.
You may suppress natural propensities by force, but they will be
certain to re-appear.
You may suppress natural propensities by force, but they will be
certain to re-appear.
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.
Like a young eagle, who has lent his plume
To fledge the shaft by which he meets his doom,
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Like a young eagle, who has lent his plume
To fledge the shaft by which he meets his doom,
See their own feathers pluck'd, to wing the dart,
Which rank corruption destines for their heart!
