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Will fortune never come with both hands full,
But write her fair words still in foulest letters?
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Will fortune never come with both hands full,
But write her fair words still in foulest letters?
She either gives a stomach and no food--
Such are the poor, in health--or else a feast
And takes away the stomach-- such are the rich,
That have abundance, and enjoy it not.
Who hath none to still him, may weepe out his eyes.
Who hath none to still him, may weepe out his eyes.
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
If the first of July be rainy weather,
It will rain, more of less, for four weeks together.
If the first of July be rainy weather,
It will rain, more of less, for four weeks together.
A child correct behind and not before.
A child correct behind and not before.
The honied tongue hath its poison.
The honied tongue hath its poison.
The shrill trump,
The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife.
The shrill trump,
The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife.
Where ignorance is bliss,
'Tis folly to be wise.
Where ignorance is bliss,
'Tis folly to be wise.
If you say hard things you must expect to hear them in return.
If you say hard things you must expect to hear them in return.
