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Although you may strut about, proud of your purse, fortune
changes not birth.
Although you may strut about, proud of your purse, fortune
changes not birth.
Desiring things widely different for their various tastes.
Desiring things widely different for their various tastes.
The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts.
The tongue is not steele, yet it cuts.
Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.
Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.
The peasant thanked her with their tears,
When food and clothes were given;
"This is a joy," read more
The peasant thanked her with their tears,
When food and clothes were given;
"This is a joy," the lady said,
"Saints cannot taste in heaven."
Dry bread at home is better then rost meate abroad.
Dry bread at home is better then rost meate abroad.
How can man die better,
Than facing fearful odds
For the ashes of this fathers
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How can man die better,
Than facing fearful odds
For the ashes of this fathers
And the temples of his gods?
Whatever is made by the hand of man, by the hand of man may be
overturned.
Whatever is made by the hand of man, by the hand of man may be
overturned.
It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.
It is not easy to bear prosperity unruffled.
