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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.
Yet a little while, and (the happy hour) will be over, nor ever
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Yet a little while, and (the happy hour) will be over, nor ever
more shall we be able to recall it.
Every one thinkes his sacke heaviest.
Every one thinkes his sacke heaviest.
I am not now in fortune's power,
He that is down can fall no lower.
I am not now in fortune's power,
He that is down can fall no lower.
A holy habit clenseth not a foule soule.
A holy habit clenseth not a foule soule.
The fire i' the flint
Shows not till it be struck.
The fire i' the flint
Shows not till it be struck.
The jackdaw, stript of her stolen colours, provokes our laughter.
The jackdaw, stript of her stolen colours, provokes our laughter.
'Twixt hope and fear, anxiety and anger.
'Twixt hope and fear, anxiety and anger.
If you are capable of submitting to insult you ought to be
insulted.
If you are capable of submitting to insult you ought to be
insulted.
