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Who thinks anything of goitre on the Alps?
Who thinks anything of goitre on the Alps?
Women laugh when they can, and weepe when they will.
Women laugh when they can, and weepe when they will.
Men at some times are masters of their fates.
Men at some times are masters of their fates.
The March sunne raises but dissolves not.
The March sunne raises but dissolves not.
Great deservers grow Intolerable presumers.
Great deservers grow Intolerable presumers.
The smell of money is good, come whence it may. [Alluding to
Vespasian's tax on ordure.]
The smell of money is good, come whence it may. [Alluding to
Vespasian's tax on ordure.]
Foul-spoken coward, that thunder'st with thy tongue,
And with thy weapon nothing dar'st perform.
Foul-spoken coward, that thunder'st with thy tongue,
And with thy weapon nothing dar'st perform.
Let the galled jade wince; our withers are unwrung.
Let the galled jade wince; our withers are unwrung.
