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Fortune, delighting in her cruel task, and playing her wanton
game untiringly, is ever shifting her uncertain favours.
Fortune, delighting in her cruel task, and playing her wanton
game untiringly, is ever shifting her uncertain favours.
Cities seldome change Religion only.
Cities seldome change Religion only.
The peasant thanked her with their tears,
When food and clothes were given;
"This is a joy," read more
The peasant thanked her with their tears,
When food and clothes were given;
"This is a joy," the lady said,
"Saints cannot taste in heaven."
He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
He that trusts much Obliges much, says the Spaniard.
The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy
pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the read more
The ox longs for the gaudy trappings of the horse; the lazy
pack-horse would fain plough. [We envy the position of others,
dissatisfied with our own.]
In trying to be concise I become obscure.
In trying to be concise I become obscure.
He that followes the Lord hopes to goe before.
He that followes the Lord hopes to goe before.
All delay is irksome, but it teaches us wisdom.
All delay is irksome, but it teaches us wisdom.
