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There is some help for all the defects of fortune; for, if a man cannot attain to the length of his wishes, he may have his remedy by cutting of them shorter.

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Who lets slip fortune, her shall never find: Occasion once past by, is bald behind.
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This only grant me, that my means may lie, too low for envy, for contempt to high.
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Build yourself a book-nest to forget the world without.
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