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Though Fortune have fine eyes yet sees she nought.

— Charles, Duke of Orléans

Elle a beaux yeulx et ne voit goutte.

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Is she not lavishly endowed,
She whom I love so loyally?

The ware that pleaseth is as good as sold.

A dangerous parsimony 'tis
To store up treasure of regrets.

Whether she dance, or sing, or smile,
Or whate'er else may do or be,
Give me a voice impartial, free
From favour or from flattery.

Sport that too long endures is nothing worth.
The pot goes once too often to the well.

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