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Happy is the man to whom nature has given a sufficiency with even
a sparing hand.
Happy is the man to whom nature has given a sufficiency with even
a sparing hand.
Red-haired, black-lipped, club-footed, and blink-eyed; if you're
a good man, you're a wonder!
Red-haired, black-lipped, club-footed, and blink-eyed; if you're
a good man, you're a wonder!
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might.
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might.
O how wretched
Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favours!
O how wretched
Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favours!
Thus the whirligig of time
Brings in his revenges.
Thus the whirligig of time
Brings in his revenges.
It is not permitted that we should know everything.
It is not permitted that we should know everything.
He who will not grant a favour has no right to ask one.
He who will not grant a favour has no right to ask one.
Whether you boyle snow or pound it, you can have but water of it.
Whether you boyle snow or pound it, you can have but water of it.
We hate the hawk because he ever lives in battle.
We hate the hawk because he ever lives in battle.
