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The fellow is either a madman or a poet.
The fellow is either a madman or a poet.
Gold! gold! gold! gold!
Bright and yellow, hard and cold!
Gold! gold! gold! gold!
Bright and yellow, hard and cold!
A man of a great memory without learning hath a rock and a
spindle, and no staffe to spin.
A man of a great memory without learning hath a rock and a
spindle, and no staffe to spin.
Men at some times are masters of their fates.
Men at some times are masters of their fates.
He is a fool who thinks by force or skill,
To turn the current of a woman's will.
He is a fool who thinks by force or skill,
To turn the current of a woman's will.
Very slight violence will break that which has once been cracked.
Very slight violence will break that which has once been cracked.
Fieldes have eies and woodes have eares.
Fieldes have eies and woodes have eares.
You kick against the goad.
You kick against the goad.
A fickle and capricious woman.
A fickle and capricious woman.
