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Great businesses turne on a little pinne.
Great businesses turne on a little pinne.
Sometimes the best gaine is to lose.
Sometimes the best gaine is to lose.
One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor;
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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.
All is not gold that glisters.
All is not gold that glisters.
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labour and to wait.
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labour and to wait.
All are not merry that dance lightly.
All are not merry that dance lightly.
One stroke fells not an oke.
One stroke fells not an oke.
A man that is warned is half armed.
A man that is warned is half armed.
