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A great fortune enslaves its owner.
A great fortune enslaves its owner.
One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor;
And so in read more
One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor;
And so in ours, some neighboring nation,
Taking advantage of our misery,
Hath stuffed the hollow vessels with their power,
To beat us down, the which are down already;
And make a conquest of unhappy,
Whereas no glory 's got to overcome.
And quick his colour went and came,
As fear and rage alternate rose.
And quick his colour went and came,
As fear and rage alternate rose.
The crow bewailes the sheepe, and then eates it.
The crow bewailes the sheepe, and then eates it.
Originality provokes originality.
Originality provokes originality.
Who is so deafe, as he that will not hear?
[Who is so deaf as he that will not read more
Who is so deafe, as he that will not hear?
[Who is so deaf as he that will not hear?]
The fatt man knoweth not, what the leane thinketh.
The fatt man knoweth not, what the leane thinketh.
Fire is next akin to smoke.
Fire is next akin to smoke.
