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There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
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There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
Now o'er his tomb and happy ashes will not violets spring?
Now o'er his tomb and happy ashes will not violets spring?
He will be beloved when he is no more.
He will be beloved when he is no more.
Whether the pitcher hits the stone or the stone hits the pitcher,
it goes ill with the pitcher.
Whether the pitcher hits the stone or the stone hits the pitcher,
it goes ill with the pitcher.
The beast that goes alwaies never wants blowes.
The beast that goes alwaies never wants blowes.
Better times perhaps await us who are now wretched.
Better times perhaps await us who are now wretched.
The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried,
Grapple them to thy soul with hooks of steel.
The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried,
Grapple them to thy soul with hooks of steel.
Quick beleevers neede broad shoulders.
Quick beleevers neede broad shoulders.
Who gives to all, denies all.
Who gives to all, denies all.
