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A cat will look down to a man. A dog will look up to a man. But
a pig read more

A cat will look down to a man. A dog will look up to a man. But
a pig will look you straight in the eye and see his equal.

It is a thing very displeasing to me when the hen speaks and the
cock is silent.
[Fr., read more

It is a thing very displeasing to me when the hen speaks and the
cock is silent.
[Fr., C'est chose qui moult me deplaist,
Quand poule parle et coq se taist.]

But death is sure to kill all he can get
And all is fish with him that comes to read more

But death is sure to kill all he can get
And all is fish with him that comes to net.

There is so much good in the worst of us,
And so much bad in the best of us,
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There is so much good in the worst of us,
And so much bad in the best of us,
That it ill behoves any of us
To find fault with the rest of us.

Thirty days hath September,
April, June, and November;
All the rest have thirty-one
Excepting read more

Thirty days hath September,
April, June, and November;
All the rest have thirty-one
Excepting February alone:
Which hath but twenty-eight, in fine,
Till lap year gives it twenty-nine.