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Get wealth and power, if possible by grace,
If not, by any means, get wealth and place.
Get wealth and power, if possible by grace,
If not, by any means, get wealth and place.
Oh what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
Oh what a goodly outside falsehood hath!
Men at some times are masters of their fates.
Men at some times are masters of their fates.
Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
An ill wound is cured, not an ill name.
An ill wound is cured, not an ill name.
That is never too often repeated which is never sufficiently
learnt.
That is never too often repeated which is never sufficiently
learnt.
He that beleeveth all, misseth; hee that beleeveth nothing, hitts
not.
He that beleeveth all, misseth; hee that beleeveth nothing, hitts
not.
The rills of pleasure never run sincere,
(Earth has no unpolluted spring)
From the cursed soil some read more
The rills of pleasure never run sincere,
(Earth has no unpolluted spring)
From the cursed soil some dang'rous taint they bear;
So roses grow on thorns, and honey wears a sting.
He cannot be vertuous that is not rigorous.
He cannot be vertuous that is not rigorous.
