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We have not wings, we cannot soar,
But we have feet to scale and climb
By slow read more
We have not wings, we cannot soar,
But we have feet to scale and climb
By slow degrees, by more and more,
The cloudy summits of our time.
Admonish your friends in private; praise them in public.
Admonish your friends in private; praise them in public.
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made even both
of them.
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made even both
of them.
Ostensibly polite, you nourish the cunning of the fox in the
hollowness of your heart.
Ostensibly polite, you nourish the cunning of the fox in the
hollowness of your heart.
A woman and a glasse are ever in danger.
[A woman and a glass are ever in danger.]
A woman and a glasse are ever in danger.
[A woman and a glass are ever in danger.]
The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.
Acerra always drinks till dawn.
Acerra always drinks till dawn.
It is peculiarly a fool's habit to discern the faults of others,
and to forget his own.
It is peculiarly a fool's habit to discern the faults of others,
and to forget his own.
