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Honesty's a fool
And loses that it works for.
Honesty's a fool
And loses that it works for.
Let the galled jade wince; our withers are unwrung.
Let the galled jade wince; our withers are unwrung.
Present fears
Are less than horrible imaginings.
Present fears
Are less than horrible imaginings.
The weakest goes to the wall.
The weakest goes to the wall.
There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four
which I know not:
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There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four
which I know not:
The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock;
the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man
with a maid.
A great fortune enslaves its owner.
A great fortune enslaves its owner.
I give not gold for mere expectations.
I give not gold for mere expectations.
So sweetly she bade me adieu,
I thought that she bade me return.
So sweetly she bade me adieu,
I thought that she bade me return.