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Good hope is often beguiled by her own augury.
Good hope is often beguiled by her own augury.
The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.
The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.
No fortune is so good but that you may find something to grumble
about.
No fortune is so good but that you may find something to grumble
about.
What is the sin which is not
Sin in itself? Can circumstance make sin
Or virtue?
What is the sin which is not
Sin in itself? Can circumstance make sin
Or virtue?
When a Lackey comes to hells doore, the devills locke the gates.
When a Lackey comes to hells doore, the devills locke the gates.
How far that little candle throws its beams;
So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
How far that little candle throws its beams;
So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
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!
He is not poore that hath little, but he that desireth much.
He is not poore that hath little, but he that desireth much.
