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Fortune, now see, now proudly
Pluck off thy veil, and view thy triumph; look,
Look what thou hast brought this land to!—

— John Fletcher The Tragedy of Bonduca (1611)

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Then, everlasting Love, restrain thy will;
'Tis god-like to have power, but not to kill.

Man is his own star, and that soul that can
Be honest is the only perfect man.

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'Twas when young Eustace wore his heart in's breeches.

The Elder Brother (1625)

Death hath so many doors to let out life.

Corruption is a tree, whose branches are
Of an immeasurable length: they spread
Ev'rywhere; and the dew that drops from thence
Hath infected some chairs and stools of authority.

The Honest Man's Fortune (1613)

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Vicissitudes of fortune, which spares neither man nor the proudest of his works, which buries empires and cities in a common grave.

Edward Gibbon The History of the Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire (1776)

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