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Wee know not who lives or dies.
Wee know not who lives or dies.
Better times perhaps await us who are now wretched.
Better times perhaps await us who are now wretched.
When a man is pleased with the lot of others, he is dissatisfied
with his own, as a matter read more
When a man is pleased with the lot of others, he is dissatisfied
with his own, as a matter of course.
Skins may differ, but affection
Dwells in white and black the same.
Skins may differ, but affection
Dwells in white and black the same.
Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.
Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.
If the staffe be crooked, the shadow cannot be straight.
If the staffe be crooked, the shadow cannot be straight.
Vertue now is in herbs and stones and words onely.
Vertue now is in herbs and stones and words onely.
Let them call it mischief;
Then it is past and prosper'd, 'twill be virtue.
Let them call it mischief;
Then it is past and prosper'd, 'twill be virtue.
