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To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free,
These are imperial arts.
To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free,
These are imperial arts.
Who thinks anything of goitre on the Alps?
Who thinks anything of goitre on the Alps?
Beat all your feathers as flat as pancakes.
Beat all your feathers as flat as pancakes.
Fortune to one is Mother, to another is Step-mother.
Fortune to one is Mother, to another is Step-mother.
The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.
The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.
To buy deare is not bounty.
To buy deare is not bounty.
Though fame is smoke,
Its fumes are frankincense to human thought.
Though fame is smoke,
Its fumes are frankincense to human thought.
Who aspires must down as low
As high he soar'd.
Who aspires must down as low
As high he soar'd.
The love of money grows as money grows.
The love of money grows as money grows.
