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Power seldome grows old at Court.
Power seldome grows old at Court.
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.
Look not upon the wine when it is read, when it giveth his colour
in the cup, when it read more
Look not upon the wine when it is read, when it giveth his colour
in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arme.
God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arme.
That's the best gowne that goes up and downe the house.
That's the best gowne that goes up and downe the house.
Men shut their doors against the setting sun.
Men shut their doors against the setting sun.
Facts are stubborn things.
Facts are stubborn things.
The Smith and his penny both are black.
The Smith and his penny both are black.
